Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:36:00 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Colin Yuile <colin@ips.gov.au> Cc: Hartleigh Burton <hartleigh.burton@destra.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: a monster stole my / Message-ID: <20080429153600.GH27692@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20080429153412.fa5e75b6.colin@ips.gov.au> References: <8176B9AB-92B0-4150-9127-C41D79D0E7C4@destra.com> <20080429153412.fa5e75b6.colin@ips.gov.au>
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On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 03:34:12PM +1000, Colin Yuile wrote: > On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:40:09 +1000 > Hartleigh Burton <hartleigh.burton@destra.com> wrote: > > > Hiya! > > > > I have a problem with / currently being at 108% capacity. I have found > > a previous thread in the archives which explains a few questions but I > > can't find what is taking up all the additional space. At best without > > destroying what I still do not understand I can manage to get / to > > about 101% capacity. > > > > To answer a couple of potential questions straight up, there is > > nothing in /root and /tmp is on a separate partition. > > > > intranet# df -h > > Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > > /dev/da0s1a 989M 986M -76M 108% / > > devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev > > /dev/da0s1e 989M 216K 910M 0% /tmp > > /dev/da0s1f 58G 4.8G 48G 9% /usr > > /dev/da0s1d 4.8G 2.2G 2.3G 49% /var > > /dev/da1p1 3.3T 682G 2.4T 22% /db > > devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /var/named/dev > > > > intranet# du -h -d1 > > 2.0K ./.snap > > 1.5K ./dev > > 218K ./tmp > > 4.8G ./usr > > 2.2G ./var > > 1.7M ./etc > > 2.0K ./cdrom > > 2.0K ./dist > > 1.1M ./bin > > 71M ./boot > > 4.4M ./lib > > 360K ./libexec > > 2.0K ./media > > 512B ./net > > 2.0K ./proc > > 3.8M ./rescue > > 26K ./root > > 4.1M ./sbin > > 512B ./host > > 682G ./db > > 689G . > > > > > > > > If I move the old kernel/GENERIC files from /boot I can manage to get > > back to 101%, I really have no idea where the rest of the space has > > gone though. Is there any way to locate large files on a specific > > partition? > > > > I did have a problem not too long ago where my /db array did not mount > > and MySQL managed to recreate the default/sample database on /db/ > > mysql, could this default database be somewhere else on / while the / > > db array problem was fixed? > > > > *scratches head* > > > > > It is possible that you have mounted a filesystem onto a non empty directory. > The stuff in the dir used as a mount point will be hidden by the mount. > > Colin Good one. I had forgotten that one. ////jerry > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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