From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 5 4:43:11 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from post-20.mail.demon.net (post-20.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7DBA14C09 for ; Mon, 5 Apr 1999 04:43:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by post-20.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.10 #2) id 10U7kc-0004Xg-0K; Mon, 5 Apr 1999 11:41:11 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from marder-1. (rasnt-1 [193.114.228.211]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with ESMTP id MAA01898; Mon, 5 Apr 1999 12:40:37 +0100 Received: (from marko@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.2/8.8.8) id MAA01498; Mon, 5 Apr 1999 12:37:48 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from marko) Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 12:37:48 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Greg Black Cc: Kevin Weiss , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: an almost full /? Message-ID: <19990405123747.C1360@marder-1.localhost> References: <19990403200254.CC25B14C34@hub.freebsd.org> <19990404005958.F299@marder-1.localhost> <19990405005746.557.qmail@alpha.comkey.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <19990405005746.557.qmail@alpha.comkey.com.au>; from Greg Black on Mon, Apr 05, 1999 at 10:57:45AM +1000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Apr 05, 1999 at 10:57:45AM +1000, Greg Black wrote: > > > is there a way to increase my / directory? > > > > > > when I type df -k i get something like > > > / ... ... ... 89% > > > > Mine is 82% (of 32MB). If the used %'age is growing, check where > > root's home dir is. By default it's /root, try changing it to > > /usr/root (and adding a symlink if necessary) > > Why do you suggest this? What happens on your machines to take > up space in root's home directory? > It was just a suggestion. If you spend a lot of time logged in as root (and I know you're going to say that you shouldn't do that, and I don't) then it is possible to take up a lot of space in root's home dir. > -- > Greg Black > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message