Concentrate on the DF's results. I can't remember the syntax but you can grep for file sizes. Start with files over 50M and work downwards. I have this trouble with my MythTV box occasionally, it usually a log file that explodes in size before the log rotates have time to remove it...
Lee Chris Rowson wrote: > It's been hours now, and I'm totally and utterly stumped. > > I've used lsof to check whether or not there are any deleted files > still sitting around taking up space, I've run an fsck, rebooted the > server and deleted some logs, but there is still a very large chunk of > hard disk space missing. > > If I've rebooted the server, surely I should have terminated any > processes that had grabbed onto a file keeping it open, and surely > lsof would have seen any deleted ones hanging about wouldn't it? (I > grepped for DEL and deleted). > > The server is a LAMP server running the Gallery2 software and it's > been up for months. I've Googled the answer to this until my eyes are > raw. > > Things shouldn't be this difficult. > > Chris > > -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
