Comment 96 for bug 403408

I would just like to make a correction to the second paragraph of my previous post. You CAN use all of the space on your hard drive (YAY!). However, you still must follow the guidelines set forth in the directions above to avoid the "error: no such device $UUID" problem.

Note: you can use the program ' gparted ' to follow these directions if you've already installed Ubuntu. Just search for it in Synaptic Package Manager or Ubuntu Software Center and install it. It'll show up under System>>Administration.

OK, to make use of the remaining free space on your hard drive just format the ' free space ' to ext4 and create a mount point like " /archive ". I believe you can name the mount point anything you'd like as long as it begins with " / " . Be careful and make sure you're formatting the "free space" and not the root file system that Ubuntu is on.

Last step: Open up a Terminal and type ' sudo chown -R username /mountpoint ' . i.e. If your user name is timothy and your mount point is /extra, you would type:

sudo chown -R timothy /extra

This should ensure you're able to access this disk space and are able to read and write to it. To make this disk space easy to get to, minimize all windows and click on your Desktop, now press ' Alt + Home ' . When ' Nautilus ' file browser opens click on File System and drag the ' archive ' folder to your sidebar under Documents, Music, Pictures etc. OR drag the ' archive ' folder on to your Desktop. Now it'll be more visible to you when you click on ' Places ' or when you just want to click and drag files to it on your Desktop. Hope this helps. I'll check back here in a few days just in case.