Big /proc problem

2003-09-29 Thread ahr1
Somehow I've done some not-so-wonderous things to my RH9 installation:
I have a Monsterous (348Mb) /proc/kcore file which I cannot remove or edit 
down.  It is preventing me from using the system as it has filled the / 
partition to full.  I can't change permissions (even as root), rm it, or vi it.
Two questions - what can I do to get rid of it? and, - any idea what is the 
underlying cause of this file's creation and expansion?  Any help will be 
appreciated.
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Re: Big /proc problem

2003-09-29 Thread ahr1
Gulp, blushing, digging toe into dirt.  Oops!  Returning to very shaky system 
to find something else monsterous.  Sorry 'bout that, folks.
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 On Monday 29 September 2003 9:32 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Somehow I've done some not-so-wonderous things to my RH9 installation:
  I have a Monsterous (348Mb) /proc/kcore file which I cannot remove or
  edit down.  It is preventing me from using the system as it has filled
  the / partition to full.  I can't change permissions (even as root),
  rm it, or vi it. Two questions - what can I do to get rid of it? and,
  - any idea what is the underlying cause of this file's creation and
  expansion?  Any help will be appreciated.
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 Be prepared to look embarrassed..
 
 The kcore file is merely a map of memory and doesn't exist.  In fact, all 
 of the 'files' in /proc don't really exist but are created by the kernel 
 to hold information about the system (only while the system is up and 
 running).
 
 So /proc/kcore is not your problem.  Something else is.
 
 
 
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 + Bruce S. Marshall  [EMAIL PROTECTED]  Bellaire, MI 09/29/03 
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