Partition problem [Solved]

[stilllookingfor]

I have a problem with my partition.

I found out I have in my 500 GB hard drive that only has Sabayon 4.2:

dev/sda1 : ext4 : 102 MB
dev/sda2 : LVM : 47686 MB

Does that mean I only have 102 MB of free storage?

I am not intended to use my computer as a server or workstation and I don't know why I have a unusually huge LVM partition.

Or is this a Gentoo/Sabayon characteristics?

[Fitzcarraldo]

The small ext4 partition is probably just the /boot partition, which does not need to be big. The LVM partition is where all the rest of your directories will reside (/, /home, /etc and so on). So, the answer to your question is: No, it does not mean that you only have 102 Mb of storage.

[stilllookingfor]

The small ext4 partition is probably just the /boot partition, which does not need to be big.

After I ran Ubuntu as live, yes, you are right that it says /boot in the partition editor. Since I migrated from Ubuntu, where its / partition (usu. the biggest partition) is ext3 or ext4, Sabayon is very foreign to me.

So, will it be ok to ask what does LVM do?

[Fitzcarraldo]

See the following articles for a good explanation:

What is LVM?

Logical Volume Manager (Linux)

Marking this thread Solved, BTW, as you don't have a problem.