Simpler than doing it by itself. That and in case the offending process was still hanging out - which it may have been. The system had trouble unmounting /home as it was. It probably cleaned up a few stray zombies and other trash as well.
On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 16:52:20 -0800 "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/27/02 10:29, Alan Jackson wrote: > > You know, I've been using Unix and/or Linux for 14 years, and I just learned > > something. Thank you guys!! > > > > After reading everything, I decided I probably needed to fsck at minimum, so > > I just rebooted. Turned out the fsck ran automatically, the disk was corrupted, > > and now, instead of 100% full at 36 Gb, I get (Ta da!) > > > > Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > > /dev/hdb1 38464340 5776132 30734304 16% /home > > > > Thanks again. It's just a shame I had to reset my uptime, I hadn't booted > > since May. > > I'm confused about why you felt the need to reboot just to run a fsck on > /home?? > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > L. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo: http://netllama.ipfox.com > > 4:50pm up 46 days, 6:04, 3 users, load average: 0.25, 0.27, 0.35 > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | Alan K. Jackson | To see a World in a Grain of Sand | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, | | www.ajackson.org | Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand | | Houston, Texas | And Eternity in an hour. - Blake | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
