From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 24 10:38:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA22607 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 10:38:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from fang.cs.sunyit.edu (fang.cs.sunyit.edu [192.52.220.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA22601 for ; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 10:38:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from crossway@fang.cs.sunyit.edu) Received: from localhost (crossway@localhost) by fang.cs.sunyit.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA27198; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 13:37:26 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from crossway@fang.cs.sunyit.edu) Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 13:37:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Kevin Crossway To: John Derk cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: File Systems and Disk Space In-Reply-To: <35B8BDFF.6A18C7E8@infoserve.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, I would first look /var/log. I have found many times to have 100megs of old messages files. You could also look for any .core files or .netscape/cache/ directory could sometimes be a problem. and yes 650megs is emough space for a pretty box unless and want full source code for everything. Later Kevin "Le silence 'eternel de ces espaces infinis m'effraye" Blaise Pascal On Fri, 24 Jul 1998, John Derk wrote: > Hi. > > A df on my system has indicated the /usr slice is at 100% of capacity > (of 479,783k). I have only been running bsd for a short while. I have a > win95 box with a 1.7G hd--where about 650M are allocated to bsd. I did > use /stand/sysinstall to add some ports/packages, but I didn't think > they were going to take up too much space. Also, there were frequent > onscreen reports of some kind of error while the packages were being > added. I know, I know: "WHAT error?" you ask. Unfortunately, I have no > log of this to offer, but I guess it was obviously to do with running > out of space, no? At any rate, this brings up the question: > > If a guy has about 650M to work with, wants to run freebsd 2.2.6, and > basically can content himself with being able to network two PCs, run > netscape (& XWindows), and learn to set up his printer, how feasable is > it? > > Also: I plan to probably reinstall bsd from scratch, unless there is an > easy way to find out what I can delete to regain the needed space. Is > there? > > Next, a documentation question: I tried my best to find out about the > above issues by checking the Handbook and manpages, etc., but could not > find a comprehensive explanation. I had hoped to find info about the > following: > > 1. How to determine optimal file system sizes for setup of /swap, > /usr, and so forth > 2. How to prevent overloading of various disk slices (e.g., I know > cron is supposed to be something to watch out for) > 3. Which files to suspect first, when the file system is at > capacity. I.e, which files most commonly proliferate to the point where > all space gets used up > > Can someone suggest a specific source that addresses any/all of the > above? (The more the better, because I would like to get a detailed > understanding) > > Thanks, > John Derk > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message