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Date:      Tue, 5 Aug 1997 13:41:44 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Bryan K. Ogawa" <bkogawa@primenet.com>
To:        hlew@www2.shoppersnet.com
Cc:        FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, "Wayne M. Barnes" <wayne@barnes1.wustl.edu>
Subject:   Re: slash filesystem full
Message-ID:  <199708052041.NAA03860@foo.primenet.com>
References:  <> <Pine.BSF.3.91.970805110209.16437A-100000@www2.shoppersnet.com>

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In localhost.freebsd.questions you write:

>On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, Wayne M. Barnes wrote:

>> Dear FreeBSD,
>> 
>>      Why is my / filesystem unusably full?  I can't account
>> for more than 13.3 MB, and I have room for 52 MB, yet it
>> is unwritably full.
>> 
>>      FreeBSD 2.2.2. 
>> How can I identify and/or free up the clogged space?

>Check for any core dump files in / and move some files out of the root 
>partition to free up disk space.

Particular places to look if looking under the mount points doesn't help:

1.  in / itself, look for extra kernels and core dumps.

2.  in /tmp look for everything :)

3.  if you recently installed the linux compatiblility, be aware that
it generally sticks it in /compat, which is usually not
mounted/symlinked elsewhere, and it's larger than something that
should be sitting on your / partition.

4.  check /stand .

5.  Is this a public system (e.g. is it possible you have been hacked?)

6.  Did you check lost+found for weird specials?

-- 
bryan k ogawa  <bkogawa@primenet.com>   http://www.primenet.com/~bkogawa/



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