/Var/ log
/var/adm/messeges


You should have created saparate parition for /var /home /tmp
 /usr /opt

you would have never faced this problem also you couldlocate exact slice for
deleting files.
Neeraj Manral wrote:

> I have a linux box having the following conf
> Which files do i delete from the / ?I dont want to delete important files
> related to system.
> prithvi:/# df -k
> Filesystem         1024-blocks  Used Available Capacity Mounted on
> /dev/hda1             499116  472419      919    100%   /
> /dev/hdb1            1995082 1058338   833626     56%   /disk2
>
> prithvi:/# cd /
> prithvi:/# ls
> abc          dev/         home/        mnt/         sbin/        usr/
> bin/         disk2/       install/     ppt.out      shlib/       var/
> boot/        etc/         lib/         proc/        slakware/    vmlinuz*
> cdrom/       floppya/     lost+found/  root/        tmp/
>
> prithvi:/#  ls -l
> total 620
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root           24 Aug  8 02:17 abc
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     bin          2048 Nov 27  1997 bin/
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root         1024 Jul  2  1997 boot/
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root         1024 Jun 22  1996 cdrom/
> drwxr-xr-x   3 root     root        19456 Nov  7 00:49 dev/
> drwxrwxr-x  21 root     root         1024 Nov 10 02:35 disk2/
> drwxr-xr-x   9 root     root         2048 Nov  7 00:49 etc/
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root         1024 Jul 19  1997 floppya/
> drwxr-xr-x   8 root     root         1024 Nov 10 02:48 home/
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root         1024 Sep 26  1994 install/
> drwxr-xr-x   3 root     root         1024 Jul  1  1997 lib/
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root        12288 Jul  1  1997 lost+found/
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root         1024 Jun 22  1996 mnt/
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root         1551 Nov 23  1998 ppt.out
> dr-xr-xr-x   5 root     root            0 Nov  7 06:18 proc/
> drwxr-xr-x   9 root     root         1024 Nov 20 20:49 root/
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     bin          2048 Jul  1  1997 sbin/
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root         1024 Jul  1  1997 shlib/
> drwxr-xr-x  88 root     root         2048 Jul  2  1997 slakware/
> drwxrwxrwt   4 telnet   users        3072 Nov 22 23:30 tmp/
> drwxr-xr-x  23 root     root         1024 Jul  1  1997 usr/
> drwxr-xr-x  17 root     root         1024 Nov 27  1997 var/
> -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root       570869 Jul  1  1997 vmlinuz*
>
> how do i make some space ???what is this vmlinuz*
>
> prithvi:/# uname -r
> 2.0.0
>
> Regards
> Neeraj Manral
>
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