Re: [expert] root partition full
Sridhar G wrote: > > Hi, > > I created a 80 Mb root partition. It has slowly filled up with nothing left > now. > > Why did the the partition fill up so slowly > What files can I safely remove to free up space. > Will this create any problems in future. > Can I resize the partition using Partition magic. > > Thanks & Cheers > Sridhar This just happened to me and the people on this list were kind enough to tell me how to get out of the trap I had boxed myself into. The two problem subdirectories are /var and /tmp. In my case I had made /tmp into it's own partition and mounted it separately so it wasn't my problem. My problem was just /var, it can get surprizingly large over time. The suggestion which got me my space back was to move /var recursively to a partition where I had lots of empty space and replace it with a symbolic link in the / directory. That got me 30mb back and left me with plenty of empty space in /. -- Traci Collins, MA Professor of Computer Education Colorado Mountain College http://www.rof.net/wp/tcollins/traci.html
Re: [expert] root partition full
Yes, Partition Magic will resize Fat32 and EXT2 without losing data. Just make a bootable Dos diskette with Partition Magic on it. Then boot from it and start P/M. The graphical interface is quick to grasp. It would be hard to accidentally erase your data with this program. It's nice to keep the disk handy because it is so quick and easy to use. So you don't even have to sweat your partition size allocation... just adjust as you go. Seve > >-Original Message- >From: Sridhar G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Expert Mandrake List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 12:20 AM >Subject: [expert] root partition full > > >>Hi, >> >>I created a 80 Mb root partition. It has slowly filled up with nothing left >>now. >> >>Why did the the partition fill up so slowly >>What files can I safely remove to free up space. >>Will this create any problems in future. >>Can I resize the partition using Partition magic. >> >> >>Thanks & Cheers >>Sridhar >> >> >> > >
Re: [expert] root partition full
Yes, Partition Magic will resize Fat32 and EXT2 without losing data. Just make a bootable Dos diskette with Partition Magic on it. Then boot from it and start P/M. The graphical interface is quick to grasp. It would be hard to accidentally erase your data with this program. It's nice to keep the disk handy because it is so quick and easy to use. So you don't even have to sweat your partition size allocation... just adjust as you go. Seve > >-Original Message- >From: Sridhar G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Expert Mandrake List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 12:20 AM >Subject: [expert] root partition full > > >>Hi, >> >>I created a 80 Mb root partition. It has slowly filled up with nothing left >>now. >> >>Why did the the partition fill up so slowly >>What files can I safely remove to free up space. >>Will this create any problems in future. >>Can I resize the partition using Partition magic. >> >> >>Thanks & Cheers >>Sridhar >> >> >> > >
Re: [expert] root partition full
On Mon, Sep 27, 1999 at 11:20:44PM -0700, Sridhar G wrote: > Hi, > > I created a 80 Mb root partition. It has slowly filled up with nothing left > now. > > Why did the the partition fill up so slowly First, what fills the 80 Mo ? "du -sk /" What are your other partitions ? Do you have /opt /var in your root partition ? Maybe you should check if your log files did not grow to much in /var/log. I suggest you to create a /var partition if you didn't do so. > What files can I safely remove to free up space. Maybe the logs -- Sylvain GIL - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Dis donc, Cortex, qu'est-ce que tu veux faire cette nuit? - La même chose que chaque nuit, Minus: tenter de conquerir le monde! (choeurs) C'est Minus et Cortex, Cortex, Cortex.
Re: [expert] root partition full
Yes, Partition Magic will resize it without losing data. Seve -Original Message- From: Sridhar G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Expert Mandrake List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 12:20 AM Subject: [expert] root partition full >Hi, > >I created a 80 Mb root partition. It has slowly filled up with nothing left >now. > >Why did the the partition fill up so slowly >What files can I safely remove to free up space. >Will this create any problems in future. >Can I resize the partition using Partition magic. > > >Thanks & Cheers >Sridhar > > >
Re: [expert] root partition full
Sridhar G wrote: > > Hi, > > I created a 80 Mb root partition. It has slowly filled up with nothing left > now. > > Why did the the partition fill up so slowly > What files can I safely remove to free up space. > Will this create any problems in future. > Can I resize the partition using Partition magic. Tough to resize. You could create a new partition if you have room on your hard drive and move the root partition stuff there, then change the designation in /etc/fstab, rewrite /etc/lilo.cfg and then reboot. It is best, for newbies, not to create several partitions until you know what your system is going to do. I am an ISP, and if I recommend something to you, as a private individual, it probably would not be appropiate. It is best, until you figure out which partition needs to be which size (which may take a year or more to figure out), to create just two partitions: Swap and a big one for everything. I have no idea about partition magic...sounds like a Win95 thing. The root partition usually fills up in /var. In particular things like log files or mail spools. Look in /var/log and in /var/spool and /var/spool/mail. Use the du command, read man du for details. You can go to the root directory / and run the du command and see where your disk space is going. 80 MB sounds awful skinny for the root partition unless you splinter off /var and god knows what else. Just use one partition. -- Ramon Gandia = Sysadmin Nook Net http://www.nook.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] 285 West First Avenue tel. 907-443-7575 P.O. Box 970fax. 907-443-2487 Nome, Alaska 99762-0970 == Alaska Toll Free. 888-443-7525
[expert] root partition full
Hi, I created a 80 Mb root partition. It has slowly filled up with nothing left now. Why did the the partition fill up so slowly What files can I safely remove to free up space. Will this create any problems in future. Can I resize the partition using Partition magic. Thanks & Cheers Sridhar
