Re: Disk Space Issues

2011-05-10 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 09/05/11 15:56, Lisi wrote: On Monday 09 May 2011 10:57:55 Tony van der Hoff wrote: On 09/05/11 10:48, Daniel Linux wrote: What you would do after you found a full filesystem? It is just a general question that was asked in my class of operating systems and nobody had an answer. This is

Re: Disk Space Issues

2011-05-10 Thread S.Allen
On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 07:34:56PM +0200, Gilles Mocellin wrote: Just to mention a useful ncurses tool to show and track space usage : ncdu. Cool, thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Disk Space Issues

2011-05-09 Thread Daniel Linux
Hi, Can anybody tell me the steps to troubleshoot disk space issues. Thanks, D.A Why do you live?

Re: Disk Space Issues

2011-05-09 Thread Ron Johnson
On 05/09/2011 03:23 AM, Daniel Linux wrote: Hi, Can anybody tell me the steps to troubleshoot disk space issues. Too generic. Not enough information. -- Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally

Re: Disk Space Issues

2011-05-09 Thread Daniel Linux
disk space issues. Too generic. Not enough information. -- Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt. Samuel Adams, essay in The Public Advertiser, 1749 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian

Re: Disk Space Issues

2011-05-09 Thread Tom Grace
On 09/05/11 09:40, Daniel Linux wrote: Yes, I need generic steps. After running df -h I know what filesystem is almost full. What should I do? du -h /fullfilesystem is a good start, possibly with --max-depth to limit the output. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Disk Space Issues

2011-05-09 Thread Daniel Linux
What you would do after you found a full filesystem? It is just a general question that was asked in my class of operating systems and nobody had an answer. Thanks, On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 4:43 AM, Tom Grace lists...@deathbycomputers.co.ukwrote: On 09/05/11 09:40, Daniel Linux wrote: Yes, I

Re: Disk Space Issues

2011-05-09 Thread Ron Johnson
You look for the biggest file. (I feel a GOML moment approaching.) On 05/09/2011 03:48 AM, Daniel Linux wrote: What you would do after you found a full filesystem? It is just a general question that was asked in my class of operating systems and nobody had an answer. Thanks, On Mon, May 9,

Re: Disk Space Issues

2011-05-09 Thread Lisi
On Monday 09 May 2011 09:48:44 Daniel Linux wrote: What you would do after you found a full filesystem? It is just a general question that was asked in my class of operating systems and nobody had an answer. I currently have this problem on two of my disks. As I see it, I have 3 realistic

Re: Disk Space Issues

2011-05-09 Thread Tom Grace
On 09/05/11 09:48, Daniel Linux wrote: What you would do after you found a full filesystem? It is just a general question that was asked in my class of operating systems and nobody had an answer. It all depends on context, you'll need to add a little more detail. For instance: As an

Re: Disk Space Issues

2011-05-09 Thread Brad Alexander
it as you could, over time wind up with a bunch of these symlinks all over your hard drive. --b On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 4:23 AM, Daniel Linux darjona.li...@gmail.comwrote: Hi, Can anybody tell me the steps to troubleshoot disk space issues. Thanks, D.A Why do you live?

Re: Disk Space Issues

2011-05-09 Thread Michiel Piscaer
Op 9-5-2011 10:48, Daniel Linux schreef: What you would do after you found a full filesystem? It is just a general question that was asked in my class of operating systems and nobody had an answer. Thanks, On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 4:43 AM, Tom Grace lists...@deathbycomputers.co.uk

Re: Disk Space Issues

2011-05-09 Thread Lisi
On Monday 09 May 2011 07:58:22 Michiel Piscaer wrote: With # du -h --max-depth=1 you can find what directory is taking all of the space. Next is take the right action, by emtying / deleting the file, or moving the directory to an new disk. Thanks, Michiel. I had correctly selected the

Re: Disk Space Issues

2011-05-09 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 9 May 2011 04:40:56 -0400 Daniel Linux darjona.li...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Daniel, Yes, I need generic steps. After running df -h I know what filesystem is almost full. What should I do? Your question is still too vague to give sensible answers to. Some options; 1) Buy a new

Re: Disk Space Issues

2011-05-09 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 5/9/2011 1:58 AM, Michiel Piscaer wrote: Op 9-5-2011 10:48, Daniel Linux schreef: Yes, I need generic steps. After running df -h I know what filesystem is almost full. What should I do? du -h /fullfilesystem is a good start, possibly with --max-depth to limit the output. With # du -h

Re: Disk Space Issues

2011-05-09 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi Lisi, Lisi wrote: On Monday 09 May 2011 09:48:44 Daniel Linux wrote: What you would do after you found a full filesystem? It is just a general question that was asked in my class of operating systems and nobody had an answer. I currently have this problem on two of my disks. As I see it,

Re: Disk Space Issues

2011-05-09 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi, Daniel Linux wrote: Can anybody tell me the steps to troubleshoot disk space issues. Depending on the size of the file system to start with, you cold use find as follows to locate larger files for consideration. # find /home -size +10M -ls Generally, larger files once identified can

Re: Disk Space Issues

2011-05-09 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 09/05/11 10:48, Daniel Linux wrote: What you would do after you found a full filesystem? It is just a general question that was asked in my class of operating systems and nobody had an answer. This is the only full solution: sudo rm -rf / -- Tony van der Hoff | mailto:t...@vanderhoff.org

Re: Disk Space Issues

2011-05-09 Thread Darac Marjal
On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 04:59:40AM -0400, Brad Alexander wrote: Depends. Best case, you built your system using LVM and have reserved space. You can check this using the df command. If your filesystems start with /dev/mapper, then you are using LVM. You can check for free space

Re: Disk Space Issues

2011-05-09 Thread Brad Alexander
Yeah, good idea. Answering questions at 5am before coffee is contraindicated. :) --b On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 7:04 AM, Darac Marjal mailingl...@darac.org.ukwrote: On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 04:59:40AM -0400, Brad Alexander wrote: Depends. Best case, you built your system using LVM and have

Re: Disk Space Issues

2011-05-09 Thread Lisi
On Monday 09 May 2011 10:57:55 Tony van der Hoff wrote: On 09/05/11 10:48, Daniel Linux wrote: What you would do after you found a full filesystem? It is just a general question that was asked in my class of operating systems and nobody had an answer. This is the only full solution: sudo

Re: Disk Space Issues

2011-05-09 Thread godo
On 2011-05-09 10:48, Daniel Linux wrote: What you would do after you found a full filesystem? It is just a general question that was asked in my class of operating systems and nobody had an answer. Thanks, Hi, I'm not expert at all, but I will first check which directory is to large. For

Re: Disk Space Issues

2011-05-09 Thread Gilles Mocellin
Le lundi 09 mai, Michiel Piscaer écrivit : Op 9-5-2011 10:48, Daniel Linux schreef: What you would do after you found a full filesystem? It is just a general question that was asked in my class of operating systems and nobody had an answer. Thanks, On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 4:43 AM, Tom