On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 6:32 PM, bw <bwtn...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, 17 May 2018, Mark Copper wrote: > > > There was a day when a 10 gb partition seemed like plenty of space to > leave > > for the system but now it's not. An upgrade to Stretch appears to need > more. > > > > ~# fdisk -l > > > > Disk /dev/sda: 149.1 GiB, 160041885696 bytes, 312581808 sectors > > Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes > > Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > > Disklabel type: dos > > Disk identifier: 0x0007c9ed > > > > Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type > > /dev/sda1 * 2048 19531775 19529728 9.3G 83 Linux > > /dev/sda2 19533822 312580095 293046274 139.8G 5 Extended > > /dev/sda5 19533824 27578367 8044544 3.9G 82 Linux swap / > Solaris > > /dev/sda6 27580416 312580095 284999680 135.9G 83 Linux > > > > $ cat /etc/fstab > > # /etc/fstab: static file system information. > > # > > # Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a > > # device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name > devices > > # that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5). > > # > > # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> > > proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 > > # / was on /dev/sda1 during installation > > UUID=f2959403-fb9c-4e56-adbf-e5b7c1f63dd8 / ext3 > > errors=remount-ro 0 1 > > # /home was on /dev/sda6 during installation > > UUID=274b606c-c556-47cb-8db3-2733b7adac3f /home ext3 > > defaults 0 2 > > # swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation > > UUID=5642269c-ada4-4466-a516-4a2360ee0ec1 none swap > > sw 0 0 > > > > > > This must be a FAQ. But there appear to be two ways forward. > > > > 1. Back-up /home, enlarge / partition, copy back-up back to new, smaller > > /home partition (because /home will then start on a different cylinder so > > data will be lost). > > > > or > > > > 2. Carve out a new partition for /usr at end of disk which will free up > > over 6 gb. > > > > What have other people done? > > > > Thanks. > > > > release notes on upgrading have some info about disk space. It's maybe > /var/cache/apt/archives taking up all your space? I use 30 gb partitions > usually and they very rarely get over 8-10 gigs. > > https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/release- > notes/ch-upgrading.en.html#sufficient-space > > good luck! > > I think I'm good there:
$ du -h /var ... 598M /var but $ du -h /usr ... 4.2G /usr/share 6.5G /usr Point well taken about removing packages though. Thanks
