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Date:      Mon, 14 Jul 2003 11:51:33 -0500
From:      Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: need more space
Message-ID:  <87el0tjbl6.fsf@pooh.honeypot.net>
In-Reply-To: <Sea1-DAV56jyCLMQtpS00006e03@hotmail.com> (kenzo_chin@hotmail.com's message of "Mon, 14 Jul 2003 11:11:52 -0500")
References:  <Sea1-DAV56jyCLMQtpS00006e03@hotmail.com>

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At 2003-07-14T16:11:52Z, "Kenzo" <kenzo_chin@hotmail.com> writes:

> How can I tell what is part of the / slice so that I can find what is
> taking the space and delete things that I don't need.

Do something like:

   # du -x / | sort -rn > /tmp/du.out

and then look at the file.  That'll sort the contents of your root partition
by size so that you can see where you're losing space.

> 2. would it be better to try and find what is taking all the space or just
> grow the slice with growfs?

Find the problem first.  If it's something unexpected, fix it.  Otherwise,
write back and we'll go from there.
=2D-=20
Kirk Strauser

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