When was the last time you did a fsck on your partition (either automatically
or manually) ? Linux should maintain your drive well by itself without any
user interaction, but occasionally something can go wrong that Linux misses.
Just remember to unmount your partition before fscking it, otherwise you
could corrupt the data (fsck has a warning for this), and of course run fsck
as root without X running (just in case).
On Sat, 23 Dec 2000 02:54, Mark Weaver wrote:
> That is some really interesting information, and I've used it, however, I'm
> still stuck with the same mystery. "How did this happen; why did it happen;
> what was it that happened; and most importantly how do I fix it?" The last
> question of course depends very much on "what" happened. I have a feeling
> that once I find out the "what" the rest of the questions will quickly be
> answered.
>
> On Friday 22 December 2000 10:32, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
> > This is a good method, but it'd be a bit better to use "du -h" (notice
> > the lower case 'h'). The difference is that "-H" shows file sizes in
> > binary format (1000 bytes = 1 KB, etc.) while "-h" gives binary figures
> > (1024 bytes = 1KB). File sizes are supposed to be measured in binary form
> > (even Windos does that). Only storage manufacturers use decimal format so
> > their devices look bigger. For example, a 20GB drive is always smaller
> > than 20GB when you look at the size in your OS.
> >
> > You may even wish to put "du -h --max-depth=1". The second switch only
> > goes one (denoted by the '1', so you can set it to whatever you want)
> > level into the directory structure. That way things can be more readable.
> > The best thing to do is to start using this line in / (or in your home
> > directory if the problem occurred as a user) and then work your way down
> > through the directory structure until you find the culprit file(s).
> >
> > On Sat, 23 Dec 2000 01:18, Chris Cioffi wrote:
> > > Actually I think 'du -H' might be more usefull as a first step. This
> > > will give you the sizes of each directory. It'll be long, but finding
> > > the offending directory will let you find the offending files much
> > > quicker.
> > >
> > > Just my $.02.
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Anthony" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 11:58 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [newbie] Disk filling up
> > >
> > > > I know there is a better command than this, but I can't seem to find
> > > > it at the moment. Anyways, type "ls -SalR | more" and it'll list all
> > > > the files sorted by size in each directory. So you can look and see
> > > > which files are taking up the most space. It's seperated by directory
> > > > however, so if you
> > >
> > > have
> > >
> > > > a lot of directories, then you'll have to read through each one of
> > > > them trying to find the biggest files. Perhaps someone else on this
> > > > list has
> > >
> > > the
> > >
> > > > "real" command that sorts through all the files and picks out the
> > > > biggest ones?
> > > >
> > > > > Hi list.
> > > > >
> > > > > Something strange happened to me today here at work. I had
> > > > > received an attachment from someone. It was an MS Powerpoint file.
> > > > > On a lark I
> > >
> > > decided
> > >
> > > > > to attempt and open the file with Star Office. I was curious, so
> > > > > sue me!
> > > > >
> > > > > Anyway, things didn't go well. X crashed and "something" happened
> > > > > that
> > >
> > > ate
> > >
> > > > > up ALL the remaining available space on my /home partition. I've
> > > > > checked and rechecked and checked again and for the life of me I
> > > > > can't find or figure out what in the world is going on or what is
> > > > > being written to
> > >
> > > that
> > >
> > > > > is causeing this. It's very bizzare. What in the world could have
> > >
> > > happened
> > >
> > > > > and what can I do to regain the space on my HDD? Before this
> > > > > happened
> > >
> > > the
> > >
> > > > > partition was only at 26% used. It is now at 86% and that is after
> > > > > I got rid of a bunch of junk files that I know I didn't need.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks in advance,
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Anthony
> > > > http://binaryfusion.net
> > > > Press any key to continue, or any other key to quit.
--
Sridhar Dhanapalan.
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