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checked the capacity of the 32 GB SD card, purchased together with RaspeberryPi 3B and I saw that it gives me only 16 GB, almost totally occupied by the operating system. What should I do to use the other 16 GBs. I have to install the driver for a 5-inch Makibes Touch Screen

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  • so, most of 16GB is used by a fresh install? sounds completely wrong to be honest. By 16GB SD card is less that 25% used by the operating system. What is the output of sudo parted -l – Jaromanda X Apr 02 '18 at 09:48
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    What operating system? – Fabian Apr 02 '18 at 12:05

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The simplest method is using the expand filesystem option in raspi-config but for more flexibility you can do it yourself from the command line.

Here's a previous answer I posted on how to expand the partition without losing any data SD Card - Expanding Partition

The example used is a partition on an external hard drive but the commands are the same other than you need to refer to the relevant SD card partition (usually /dev/mmcblk0p2) rather than /dev/sda

Bra1n
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  • note: expanding the root filesystem on the SD card, at least in raspbian, is far safer and far simpler using the expand filesystem option in raspi-config - also, /dev/mmcblk0p1 is NOT the partition the OP would want to expand (not that he could anyway) - it would be (more likely) /dev/mmcblk0p2 – Jaromanda X Apr 03 '18 at 00:07
  • You're correct of course, I have amended my answer accordingly – Bra1n Apr 03 '18 at 17:14