From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 3 16:51:08 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D553616A417 for ; Wed, 3 Oct 2007 16:51:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from khmoussa@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.248]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B8CF13C48D for ; Wed, 3 Oct 2007 16:51:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from khmoussa@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c14so941918anc for ; Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:51:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=dx93+fFChe5aoEKAWkQjEXoVQGP0N6JUA5bnMdg6neU=; b=pYecH3o5uQfINYZuTmbMkonEIzAxYDq7PYaKw9CX3+PpkkQ+PAlAe9bNWER8V7iaDrGYCmIlxuzOUuPGmWKjB/vdI6VkExDFXZQJyiwWL3fFeZfPzIA6dQzfIxLgf5ZcZa3PsRSu96ta0lC05lkMd/qqXfJ9cFFvKUDze1xzl20= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=hbi9qZ7qQaHq2ADIyw88c2RgEhxOZ8hbpcwuh2nhtA+31yH4vMxx7LtpePtPY0nVn2U8xdQrwTFuaSMUCa7Op+9Ssgk7hL8W9WD0BAyMugUDh1y/x4RkiyBl7vO6ny+vT7+1gk5oBfMen6WGx7aDBChfhP/9aTjTwTmfAHkeV+g= Received: by 10.142.213.9 with SMTP id l9mr965109wfg.1191430266695; Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:51:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.141.5.20 with HTTP; Wed, 3 Oct 2007 09:51:06 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 18:51:06 +0200 From: "Khaled Moussa" To: "Lars Eighner" In-Reply-To: <20071003095941.H11287@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20071003095941.H11287@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: File system is Full X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:51:08 -0000 Thanks for you all. /tmp & /home are separate slices. However, I noticed that mounting msdosfs on another HD are sucking much of my FBSD HD. So I commented those on fstab to free space . It seems that this situation was also connected with the upgrade of OOo port which sucks much of HD. I would try growfs to add 10G to my file system. Thx again Khaled Moussa On 10/3/07, Lars Eighner wrote: > > On Wed, 3 Oct 2007, Khaled Moussa wrote: > > > My / slice > > got full and I wonder if there might be any way increasing size > > through free space on HD? > > Yes, there is, and I see that someone has already replied calling your > attention to growfs. However, there is almost certainly something wrong > if > / gets full. You should find out what is filling / before you undertake > any > remedy. > > Some possible causes: > > (Recently discussed) dumping to a mount point when in fact the dump device > is not mounted. > > /tmp not a separate file system and something using too much /tmp > > Running as root, instead of as an ordinary user, or not purging root's old > mail (much of which are routine reports which are seldom good for anything > after a day or two) > > In freebsd /home should be a symbolic link to /usr/home. User directories > should be in /usr/home. > > There just should not be much in / to get bigger except /root, and you > should not be keeping much of anything in /root. > > >