Some time around Wed, 02 Sep 1998 11:15:31 EDT, "Person, Rod" wrote: > I can't figure this out. I have been installing Debian for about 2 weeks > of and on. I'm downloading from the net to a DOS partition. > Every so often my Linux partition gives me a 'can not allocate memory > error.' I run df and sure enough 100% of my partition is in used. Then I > run dselect again or re-boot and I get the correct reading of 62% of the > partition used! The last time this happened was last night. The night > before I was using linux, but made no modification. I didn't add any > files or remove any. I did touch and of the configuration file (the one > that I know are anyway). I was in X using dfm to explore the structure I > try to figure out the other problems I have. Maybe it has something to > do with the way I logoff, that's all I can figure out. Can someone clue > me in?
Something must be opening a huge temporary file (or not that huge, how big is your linux partition?), and of course, after you reboot, the file disappears. Look for interesting things in /tmp and try to track down when exactly the hd usage goes up to a 100 (i.e. which program uses all that space). > > > "Your problem is you try to figure out everything, and I can't figure > nothing out!" > -my wife. > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /de > v/null > -- Proudly running Debian Linux! Linux vs. Windows is a no-Win situation.... Igor Grobman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]