Hello, Observed today, that my machine had utilized ~ 7G of hard drive space (since the last time I saw it, ~ week ago)! The real killers were:
# du -hcs /var/log/* | grep -E '^[0-9]*.[0-9]*G' 2.6G /var/log/kern.log.0 2.6G /var/log/messages.0 2.6G /var/log/syslog.0 On inspection each of these files along with the /var/log/messages, /var/log/kern.log and /var/log/syslog, contained messages as pasted below. Am pasting the contents near the head/tail of each of these files (just to highlight that the sector-numbers/time-stamps of these messages were quite varied, and that these messages were repeated over and over again till the filesize grew to what du showed). I would much appreciate any input on what is/was causing this behavior, and, how I may be able to catch it/fix it, therefore. The file contents follow: [# tail -n3 /var/log/kern.log.0] Aug 18 07:38:18 mithrandir kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Aug 18 07:38:18 mithrandir kernel: 03:01: rw=0, want=2031123176, limit=13277691 Aug 18 07:38:18 mithrandir kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device [# tail -n3 var/log/messages] Aug 20 07:38:23 mithrandir kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Aug 20 07:38:23 mithrandir kernel: 03:01: rw=0, want=1373859054, limit=13277691 Aug 20 07:38:23 mithrandir kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xa3c6d9dc) failed [# tail -n3 /var/log/syslog] Aug 20 08:41:13 mithrandir kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Aug 20 08:41:13 mithrandir kernel: 03:01: rw=0, want=71196829, limit=13277691 Aug 20 08:41:13 mithrandir kernel: Directory sread (sector 0x87cc13a) failed Thanks and regards, -K - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
