how much of the space in "/" is taken up by the "/home" directory? (the "du" command should be able to help with this). It's quite common to create a seperate /home partition to avoid ordinary users being able to fill up the "/" partition.
Patsy On 23 September 2009 at 15:55 Sisantha Godawela-Ohle <ekerbe...@web.de> wrote: > Hello FreeBSD Gurus, > > i am using FreeBSD for a quite few years and now getting > problems with installation of applications as the "/" > partition gets FULL! > Installations are like in this manner:- > " / (5GB) > swap (4GB) > /var (moer than 20GB) > /tmp ( 1GB) > /usr" (moer than 20GB) > Now mz qestion is, why is it the "/ " Partion gets always >filled with all stuff although there is plenty of space in >"/usr" > partion as well as "/var" ? > > And how get rid of this menace and amed it? > > Regards, > > Sisantha > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: <freebsd-chat-requ...@freebsd.org> > > Gesendet: 23.09.09 14:00:56 > > An: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org > > Betreff: freebsd-chat Digest, Vol 320, Issue 1 > > > > Send freebsd-chat mailing list submissions to > > freebsd-c...@freebsd.org > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' > > to > > freebsd-chat-requ...@freebsd.org > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > freebsd-chat-ow...@freebsd.org > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more > > specific > > than "Re: Contents of freebsd-chat digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Re: tmux(1) in base (Nick Hibma) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------ > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:40:39 +0200 > > From: Nick Hibma <n...@van-laarhoven.org> > > Subject: Re: tmux(1) in base > > To: FreeBSD Chat Mailing List <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> > > Cc: Dag-Erling Sm??rgrav <d...@des.no>, Alfred Perlstein > > <alf...@freebsd.org> > > Message-ID: > > <c3ece913-8d91-4bc2-85ee-6ff2eeaad...@van-laarhoven.org> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; > > delsp=yes > > > > > * Dag-Erling Sm??rgrav <d...@des.no> [090922 14:47] > > > wrote: > > >> Nick Hibma <n...@van-laarhoven.org> writes: > > >>> Our package system is a tremendous asset, and > > >>> wholeheartedly agree > > >>> with Doug on this. So my vote is now a -1. Not that > > >>> anyone cares. > > >> > > >> Having seen how it turned out, I'd like to vote > > >> -50,000,000 on this > > >> whole discussion... > > > > > > Surely we're not done until someone suggests replacing > > > /bin/sh > > > with bash, amirite? > > > > In loader?! Yeah! Great idea. No need to load the base > > system which > > would save enormous amounts of bootup time. Everything > > that is needed > > could be loaded as a lib! > > > > And he scuttled off to create SillyFly BSD... > > > > Nick > > > > P.S.: I have never looked at DragonFly BSD, so I have no > > idea > > whatsoever what it is or does, apart from the fact that I > > *think* that > > it is a BSD like OS ... It runs on a > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-chat-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > > > > End of freebsd-chat Digest, Vol 320, Issue 1 > > ******************************************** > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > ____ > Neu: WEB.DE Doppel-FLAT mit Internet-Flatrate + > Telefon-Flatrate > für nur 19,99 Euro/mtl.!* http://produkte.web.de/go/02/ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-chat-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" _______________________________________________ freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"