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We need to instantiate an ec2-instance(RHEL) which has 10 GB of space mounted on root, we tried several time but usable disk always show 6 GB.

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Can somebody tell how to use this remaining 4 GB disc space and would appreciate if there is a way to use this remaining disc space in existing root partition. enter image description here

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You do not have 10 GB of space mounted on root. You have a 10 GB block device (/dev/xvda) with a 6 GB root partition (/dev/xvda1) on it. So you still have 6 GB of space mounted on root.

To remedy this, assuming you are using the Linux ext4 filesystem (which is the default on RHEL6), follow these instructions to expand the partition (which involves a reboot) and then expand the filesystem within it: https://askubuntu.com/a/119458/2800

With those instructions, replace /dev/sda with /dev/xvda, and /dev/sda1 with /dev/xvda1.

If you are using XFS, replace resize2fs with xfs_growfs.

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