Sridhar G wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I created a 80 Mb root partition. It has slowly filled up with nothing left
> now.
>
> Why did the the partition fill up so slowly
> What files can I safely remove to free up space.
> Will this create any problems in future.
> Can I resize the partition using Partition magic.
Tough to resize. You could create a new partition if you
have room on your hard drive and move the root partition stuff
there, then change the designation in /etc/fstab, rewrite
/etc/lilo.cfg and then reboot.
It is best, for newbies, not to create several partitions
until you know what your system is going to do. I am an ISP,
and if I recommend something to you, as a private individual,
it probably would not be appropiate. It is best, until you
figure out which partition needs to be which size (which may
take a year or more to figure out), to create just two
partitions: Swap and a big one for everything.
I have no idea about partition magic...sounds like a Win95
thing.
The root partition usually fills up in /var. In particular
things like log files or mail spools. Look in /var/log and
in /var/spool and /var/spool/mail. Use the du command, read
man du for details. You can go to the root directory / and
run the du command and see where your disk space is going.
80 MB sounds awful skinny for the root partition unless you
splinter off /var and god knows what else. Just use one
partition.
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