On 30 Dec 2025 at 2:23, Samuel Sieb wrote: Date sent: Tue, 30 Dec 2025 02:23:24 -0800 Subject: Re: efivars showing 100% full?? To: Community support for Fedora users <[email protected]> From: Samuel Sieb <[email protected]> Send reply to: Community support for Fedora users <[email protected]>
> On 12/30/25 1:47 AM, Michael D. Setzer II wrote: > > The machines show 384K, but ls command only and adding up the > > sized of the 100 files only gives 36065.6?? > > Many files are very small, but even if they took 1K each or 2K each > > would not be close to the 384K. > > > > size of files listed under 1K - 5960 > > size of files listed over 1K - 30105.6 > > combined total 36065.6 > > > > sort by size last 13 files show > > 304 Dec 29 23:59 Boot0000-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e09 > > 540 Dec 29 23:59 PBRDevicePath-a9b5f8d2-cb6d-42c2-bc01- > > 977 Dec 29 23:59 PKDefault-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e0 > > 977 Dec 29 23:59 PK-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8 > > 1167 Dec 29 23:59 MokListRT-605dab50-e046-4300-abb6-3dd8 > > 1678 Dec 29 23:59 RstSataFastEnumVar-193dfefa-a445-4302- > > 2052 Dec 29 23:59 DIAGEEPROM_VAR-8ebe3d07-3420-4bfa-8c13 > > 2574 Dec 29 23:59 KEKDefault-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e > > 2574 Dec 29 23:59 KEK-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b > > 4153 Dec 29 23:59 dbDefault-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e0 > > 4153 Dec 29 23:59 db-d719b2cb-3d3a-4596-a3bc-dad00e67656 > > 5419 Dec 29 23:59 dbxDefault-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e > > 5735 Dec 29 23:59 dbx-d719b2cb-3d3a-4596-a3bc-dad00e6765 > > > > tried copying the files to regular partition, but none of the files > > after the Boot0000 would copy? > > > > duf shows > > /sys/firmware/efi/efivars │ 384.0K │ 382.8K │ 0B │ > > ███████████████▌ 99.7% │ efivarfs │ efivarfs > > > > df shows > > efivarfs 384 383 0 100% > > /sys/firmware/efi/efivars > > > > So, something seems to be using space, but not showing itself?? > On my computer, the files seem to be bigger than the used space. > > I've heard mention of garbage collection, but the methods of triggering > it are uncertain. That's why I suggested trying the factory reset in > the BIOS. I think I've heard that sometimes just rebooting when it's > full can also trigger it, but I don't remember any details. > > -- had tried reboot about 5 times, but nothing changed. As my recent message. Removing the CDROM option made a huge change, but removing the windows did nothing?? So, am very confused. Fortunatly, my other 5 machines are not EFI setup. All running Fedora 43. Thanks again, perhaps someone with have some magic information on the EFI to explain what happened and why?? > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue +------------------------------------------------------------+ Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor (Retired) mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] Guam - Where America's Day Begins G4L Disk Imaging Project maintainer http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l/ +------------------------------------------------------------+ -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
