Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 09:15:00 -0800 (PST) From: Jeff Jirsa <jeff@unixconsults.com> To: Jason Morgan <jwm-freebsd@sentinelchicken.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HELP! root partition full! Message-ID: <20030130091200.H47812-100000@boris.st.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <20030130170550.GA726@sentinelchicken.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Jason Morgan wrote: > I got a strange error from my server this morning - root partition full. > I then looked at my email and had this in my inbox (of course I get > this every day): > > Disk status: > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > /dev/ad0s1a 516062 505036 -30258 106% / > /dev/ad2s1a 516062 117638 357140 25% /rootbackup > procfs 4 4 0 100% /proc > /dev/vinum/usr 19850256 1112316 17149920 6% /usr > /dev/vinum/var 23579203 9623 21683244 0% /var > /dev/vinum/public 29776085 116 27393883 0% /public > > This was yesterday: > > Disk status: > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > /dev/ad0s1a 516062 135492 339286 29% / > /dev/ad2s1a 516062 117638 357140 25% /rootbackup > procfs 4 4 0 100% /proc > /dev/vinum/usr 19850256 1108980 17153256 6% /usr > /dev/vinum/var 23579203 9323 21683544 0% /var > /dev/vinum/public 29776085 116 27393883 0% /public > > How do I determine what's going on? This is really strange. > You can use `du` to find out which directories in the / partition are using the diskspace. Specifically, /etc, /root, /bin, /sbin, and /tmp are worth checking. Have you done anything as root in the last day or two? Specifically, installing Perl modules creates temp directories and a lot of temporary files used to build the modules, and has been the source of this kind of problem for other people for quite some time. - Jeff Jirsa To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20030130091200.H47812-100000>