I understand the need for space, but NOT why space would be marked as available but not really be available.
All Unix machines report disk usage at 100% when it is actually only 90% full. This is because if the system were to REALLY run out of disk space then things would be REALLY REALLY bad. It's a self-preservation thing.
I've never noticed that! I guess I've never run a 'real' unix box this full before now. That makes sense, thanks.
I *was* a little surprised I didn't experience meltdown, yes :)
Now you know why. :)
What is the output of "df -k" from Terminal? If you have one partition specifically for data, what are you putting on the 20GB partition that is filling it up?
Well, data creep happens. :)
Sure - happens to me to. But why is your 20GB OS partition being used - why not use the data partition?
What is the output of "du -sk /*" from Terminal? (This latter one will potentially take a LONG time to run. Let it complete.)
I'll take a look, thanks.
If you like, post the results of both commands, or email them to me, and I can help you determine what is happening... if it's not totally obvious.
Eagle
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