From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 5 13:37:40 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA03725 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 5 Aug 1997 13:37:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from foo.primenet.com (ip196.sjc.primenet.com [206.165.96.196]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA03720 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 1997 13:37:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from bkogawa@localhost) by foo.primenet.com (8.8.6/8.6.12) id NAA03860; Tue, 5 Aug 1997 13:41:44 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 5 Aug 1997 13:41:44 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199708052041.NAA03860@foo.primenet.com> To: hlew@www2.shoppersnet.com Subject: Re: slash filesystem full Newsgroups: localhost.freebsd.questions References: <> From: "Bryan K. Ogawa" Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, "Wayne M. Barnes" X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #1 (NOV) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 http://www.primenet.com/~bkogawa/