2009/1/13 sumit <[email protected]> > Hi, > > I am getting error no more space left on the UBUNTU machine. > Here is df -h result. > > su...@xxxx:~$ df -h > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/sda6 29G 28G 0 100% / > varrun 501M 108K 501M 1% /var/run > varlock 501M 0 501M 0% /var/lock > udev 501M 56K 501M 1% /dev > devshm 501M 12K 501M 1% /dev/shm > lrm 501M 38M 464M 8% /lib/modules/2.6.24-16-generic/volatile > overflow 1.0M 36K 988K 4% /tmp > gvfs-fuse-daemon 29G 28G 0 100% /home/sumit/.gvfs > /dev/sda1 23G 23G 0 100% /media/disk > su...@xxxx:~$ > > I have one old version on corrupted Ubuntu installed which is mounted on > /media/disk, i don't need it. > This may be silly a question but Can i add this size to my / . > How can i increase space on my machine other than formating it all new > installation? > > thanks in advance. > > Best Regards, > Sumit > >
Format the corrupted Ubuntu installation(/media/disk), move all the data in /usr or /var or one of the directories in / to this newly formatted(/media/disk). Then goto fstab and change its mount point from /media/disk to /usr or /var or whichever directory you chose. Thanks & regards ST
