From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 8 17:30:52 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD1B4106564A for ; Tue, 8 Nov 2011 17:30:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rtsit@yahoo.com) Received: from nm12.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com (nm12.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com [98.138.90.75]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 652058FC08 for ; Tue, 8 Nov 2011 17:30:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.138.90.50] by nm12.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 08 Nov 2011 17:30:51 -0000 Received: from [98.138.89.244] by tm3.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 08 Nov 2011 17:30:51 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1058.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 08 Nov 2011 17:30:51 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 613739.4105.bm@omp1058.mail.ne1.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 76914 invoked by uid 60001); 8 Nov 2011 17:30:51 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1320773451; bh=WKLJfQV2t4PcWSLPpR9Vy7Rd870ik8AEALCOGSVFd0s=; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=Zdd6DYKhx8D6zbpqrLNfcZJbusLTux3KMWtDOxd66lKUBlV0SArzAF5rP6T//SQmWUn7cRDn86v5yywqelafNFrb7sq5rjW308FxPc5akgWHOyUkp8dC0qV5ICJ3lBvCN4NWRfUoU3aMuMyjnQaGtBKKqUqLD606G5f7k5MNusQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=BVC0ca3uTX0c+4e5OS4yNX7OTDTBlH1juCdBLLbMaqypU1Lyz8BvEkhLw3GT4L+3RF1ONKIwx5IEjcAhn2MX5j8E7cQTKd1CBGFKiJKyErNySOMDG1cYJ9BcErwJln6HOfNhvTHFb/vVsblwDwYYZxXaUZyU6KsNlzy8ZHoTuWA=; X-YMail-OSG: URJ8lLEVM1k3Nb.Wnv9fc7f1DjD7XbYXS3ekaXpoZ_3C6Bx 1_DRogncLlL2ZfP68UN.WR.Eb9PC.G_Uubx0fp7ibmhB8TMXclfHf.a10IX_ tx20GiI_Z75G.M3Cwp7rmeH.Yl.X1Sb3uITFfSvb9.GpjTmwi1sZJl0DE1WD 9p2dxinwTiqHfmpqT640qSi0SvwZhIdTDKVZ1E0VfI7KxXkW6flO4N.Pvnoo LFosEkmcEYBkwdgazcL74PsgCnpxB2pa8pb5SnzEMzvwL992mtgyq_xhyviD VdzWgFz9Hyy.dM0oqtblJjCrDUOGTOHBMJiHzW7xavfPEwcLktSEwiD48hVy yBdAcjKmGkcSPaZ9TX2qU9_vBqdahQTnpJ0MJYpSU9lFlNe_m29hTlcSiilJ 4xvfl.pPS1Fx1if1fCRjZa2dD8hqN_kaylJzkAGFEO0oDwR2L1.9ibYAr0j0 - Received: from [70.78.64.225] by web121820.mail.ne1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 08 Nov 2011 09:30:51 PST X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.8.115.325013 References: <1320687852.11305.YahooMailNeo@web121817.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <44vcqvbylr.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <1320690422.80211.YahooMailNeo@web121819.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <44obwnbppp.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Message-ID: <1320773451.72939.YahooMailNeo@web121820.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 09:30:51 -0800 (PST) From: rtsit To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" In-Reply-To: <44obwnbppp.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: OH NO! IT says my root partition / is full but it isn't! Why is FreeBSD lying about space? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: rtsit List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:30:52 -0000 =0A=0AWe FOUND IT.=0A=0AWe did do the procedure that Michael recommended, b= ut unfortunately none of the nfs mount labels /var /usr /tmp contained any = data after booting into single user mode.=0A=0AWhat we did find was a NFS f= older that contained a huge 300 meg .tar.gz file that wasn't finished downl= oading. (Was a BSDSRC tree that was tar'd gz'd)=0A=0AHave to watch for mass= ive NFS file transfers of abnormally large files -- that is what caused the= issue.=A0 Next time we'll use WGET instead while sitting at the /usr parti= tion instead of the root folder.=0A=0A=0A=0A_______________________________= _=0AFrom: Lowell Gilbert =0ATo: rt= sit =0ACc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" =0ASent: Monday, November 7, 2011 1:13 PM=0ASubject: Re: OH= NO! IT says my root partition / is full but it isn't! Why is FreeBSD lying= about space?=0A=0Artsit writes:=0A=0A> I did reboot the = machine a few times, hoping that any process in=0A> memory that still claim= ed ownership of an open part of the disk would=0A> release it.=0A=0AThere a= re other things that can cause disk space to seem to disappear,=0Abut there= is a reason that one is in the FAQ list and the others aren't;=0Ait's virt= ually always the cause when someone reports such a problem on=0Athis list.= =0A=0A> Didn't work. I'm going to try the other method recommended by Micha= el=0A> Sierchio -- to reboot in single user mode and try and clear out any= =0A> directory structures that could exist that my mount labels could be=0A= > hiding.=A0 Thanks for the reply and helpful link.=0A=0AIf the mounts are = shadowing files, that will certainly hide data use.=A0 =0AI hope that turns= out to be the issue and you get it fixed quickly.=0A=0A> (It was nice to n= ot see a RTFM response, but a helpful link -- it is appreciated).=0A=0AI do= n't agree with you here.=A0 My response *was* RTFM, and I don't see=0Aanyth= ing inherently wrong with that.=A0 I'm glad it was helpful.=0A=0AGood luck.