RE: Root filesystem 102% full (was: Disks fillin up)
Thanks to Jan and Giorgos. Your suggestions were very helpful. David Radovanovic WhatsTheBigIdea.com, Inc. -- Bright ideas for the Web! 249 Partition Street Saugerties, New York 12477 (845) 247-0909, FAX: (845) 246-3880 http://www.WhatsTheBigIdea.com [-Original Message- [From: Jan Grant [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] [Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 6:24 PM [To: dave [Cc: Giorgos Keramidas; freebsd-questions [Subject: RE: Root filesystem 102% full (was: Disks fillin up) [ [ [On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, David Radovanovic wrote: [ [ That was the ticket. / is back down to 48%. Though when I 'sh [MAKEDEV st0' [ in /dev I get the error: st0 - no such device name. Thanks. [ [Old backup system? man st claims that (a) this was a SCSI tape; and [(b) this has been deprecated in favour of the sa(4) driver. [ [1. Ensure your /dev/sa0 co. device files exist. [2. Update your backup program, or specify the correct device file for it [to use [3. At a pinch, if your backup program doesn't grok sa, you might create [symlinks from /dev/st to /dev/sa but there's no guarantee that any [special ioctls will work across both devices. [ [-- [jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ [Tel +44(0)117 9287088 Fax +44 (0)117 9287112 http://ioctl.org/jan/ [No generalised law is without exception. A self-demonstrating axiom. [ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: Root filesystem 102% full (was: Disks fillin up)
Please don't remove the Cc: of the list when replying. I might not know the answer, or be too busy to read mail. If you Cc: the list too, someone else will have a change to reply too. Probably faster than me. On 2003-02-13 07:19, David Radovanovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [Giorgos Keramidas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: [ [Start with: [ [ rsc-web1# du -kx / | sort -nr | head -20 [ [This will print the top-20 space consumers of your / filesystem. [What's the output of this command on your system? rsc-web1# du -kx / | sort -nr | head -20 120903 / 67460 /dev This looks odd. Half of your / space is in /dev! Look in /dev with `ls -l' and see which part of /dev takes up so much space. 18464 /root 17988 /root/.cpan CPAN crap. This is why I don't use cpan at home, and if I absolutely have to use it, I symlink /root/.cpan - /home/giorgos/.cpan :-( 12228 /sbin 10944 /root/.cpan/build 5480/modules.old 5480/modules 4198/root/.cpan/sources 4094/bin 3446/root/.cpan/sources/authors 3328/root/.cpan/sources/authors/id 2514/root/.cpan/build/DBI-1.30 2176/stand 1256/root/.cpan/sources/authors/id/J 1246/root/.cpan/build/DBI-1.30/blib 1232/etc 1134/root/.cpan/build/Class-MakeMethods-1.005 966 /root/.cpan/sources/authors/id/J/JC 964 /root/.cpan/sources/authors/id/J/JC/JCRISTY To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
RE: Root filesystem 102% full (was: Disks fillin up)
Sorry :( David Radovanovic WhatsTheBigIdea.com, Inc. -- Bright ideas for the Web! 249 Partition Street Saugerties, New York 12477 (845) 247-0909, FAX: (845) 246-3880 http://www.WhatsTheBigIdea.com [-Original Message- [From: Giorgos Keramidas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] [Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 8:22 AM [To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Subject: Re: Root filesystem 102% full (was: Disks fillin up) [ [ [Please don't remove the Cc: of the list when replying. I might not [know the answer, or be too busy to read mail. If you Cc: the list [too, someone else will have a change to reply too. Probably faster [than me. [ [On 2003-02-13 07:19, David Radovanovic [[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [ [Giorgos Keramidas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: [ [ [ [Start with: [ [ [ [rsc-web1# du -kx / | sort -nr | head -20 [ [ [ [This will print the top-20 space consumers of your / filesystem. [ [What's the output of this command on your system? [ [ rsc-web1# du -kx / | sort -nr | head -20 [ 120903 / [ 67460 /dev [ [This looks odd. Half of your / space is in /dev! Look in /dev with [`ls -l' and see which part of /dev takes up so much space. [ [ 18464 /root [ 17988 /root/.cpan [ [CPAN crap. This is why I don't use cpan at home, and if I absolutely [have to use it, I symlink /root/.cpan - /home/giorgos/.cpan :-( [ [ 12228 /sbin [ 10944 /root/.cpan/build [ 5480/modules.old [ 5480/modules [ 4198/root/.cpan/sources [ 4094/bin [ 3446/root/.cpan/sources/authors [ 3328/root/.cpan/sources/authors/id [ 2514/root/.cpan/build/DBI-1.30 [ 2176/stand [ 1256/root/.cpan/sources/authors/id/J [ 1246/root/.cpan/build/DBI-1.30/blib [ 1232/etc [ 1134/root/.cpan/build/Class-MakeMethods-1.005 [ 966 /root/.cpan/sources/authors/id/J/JC [ 964 /root/.cpan/sources/authors/id/J/JC/JCRISTY [ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: Root filesystem 102% full (was: Disks fillin up)
On 2003-02-13 08:28, David Radovanovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Giorgos Keramidas: Please don't remove the Cc: of the list when replying. I might not know the answer, or be too busy to read mail. If you Cc: the list too, someone else will have a change to reply too. Probably faster than me. Sorry :( It's alright. I'm not bitching. Just making a gentle request, in an effort to save my mailbox from flooding with private-only replies :) To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
RE: Root filesystem 102% full (was: Disks fillin up)
If I'm reading this right the most suspictious culprit in /dev: -rw-r--r-- 1 rootwheel 68960256 Feb 9 04:04 st0 Any ideas? As far as CPAN is concerned, should I delete the files or create a symlink like you, to another partition with more space? Thanks for your time, I appreciate it :) David Radovanovic WhatsTheBigIdea.com, Inc. -- Bright ideas for the Web! 249 Partition Street Saugerties, New York 12477 (845) 247-0909, FAX: (845) 246-3880 http://www.WhatsTheBigIdea.com [-Original Message- [From: Giorgos Keramidas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] [Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 8:22 AM [To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Subject: Re: Root filesystem 102% full (was: Disks fillin up) [ [ [Please don't remove the Cc: of the list when replying. I might not [know the answer, or be too busy to read mail. If you Cc: the list [too, someone else will have a change to reply too. Probably faster [than me. [ [On 2003-02-13 07:19, David Radovanovic [[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [ [Giorgos Keramidas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: [ [ [ [Start with: [ [ [ [rsc-web1# du -kx / | sort -nr | head -20 [ [ [ [This will print the top-20 space consumers of your / filesystem. [ [What's the output of this command on your system? [ [ rsc-web1# du -kx / | sort -nr | head -20 [ 120903 / [ 67460 /dev [ [This looks odd. Half of your / space is in /dev! Look in /dev with [`ls -l' and see which part of /dev takes up so much space. [ [ 18464 /root [ 17988 /root/.cpan [ [CPAN crap. This is why I don't use cpan at home, and if I absolutely [have to use it, I symlink /root/.cpan - /home/giorgos/.cpan :-( [ [ 12228 /sbin [ 10944 /root/.cpan/build [ 5480/modules.old [ 5480/modules [ 4198/root/.cpan/sources [ 4094/bin [ 3446/root/.cpan/sources/authors [ 3328/root/.cpan/sources/authors/id [ 2514/root/.cpan/build/DBI-1.30 [ 2176/stand [ 1256/root/.cpan/sources/authors/id/J [ 1246/root/.cpan/build/DBI-1.30/blib [ 1232/etc [ 1134/root/.cpan/build/Class-MakeMethods-1.005 [ 966 /root/.cpan/sources/authors/id/J/JC [ 964 /root/.cpan/sources/authors/id/J/JC/JCRISTY [ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: Root filesystem 102% full (was: Disks fillin up)
On 2003-02-13 08:57, David Radovanovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I'm reading this right the most suspictious culprit in /dev: -rw-r--r-- 1 rootwheel 68960256 Feb 9 04:04 st0 Any ideas? It seems that you have used some sort of backup tool to save one or more backups to /dev/st0 before creating an st0 device node. Since you are root, you're allowed to create normal files under /dev. Just delete this huge st0 file and create a real device node for it: # cd /dev # sh MAKEDEV st0 then rerun your backup thingie to save the data to a real tape and not a file on disk. As far as CPAN is concerned, should I delete the files or create a symlink like you, to another partition with more space? I don't use CPAN, but I'd probably move /root/.cpan someplace else and symlink to it, just in case useful data is still in there. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
RE: Root filesystem 102% full (was: Disks fillin up)
That was the ticket. / is back down to 48%. Though when I 'sh MAKEDEV st0' in /dev I get the error: st0 - no such device name. Thanks. David Radovanovic WhatsTheBigIdea.com, Inc. -- Bright ideas for the Web! 249 Partition Street Saugerties, New York 12477 (845) 247-0909, FAX: (845) 246-3880 http://www.WhatsTheBigIdea.com [-Original Message- [From: Giorgos Keramidas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] [Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 9:04 AM [To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Subject: Re: Root filesystem 102% full (was: Disks fillin up) [ [ [On 2003-02-13 08:57, David Radovanovic [[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [ If I'm reading this right the most suspictious culprit in /dev: [ [ -rw-r--r-- 1 rootwheel 68960256 Feb 9 04:04 st0 [ [ Any ideas? [ [It seems that you have used some sort of backup tool to save one or [more backups to /dev/st0 before creating an st0 device node. Since [you are root, you're allowed to create normal files under /dev. Just [delete this huge st0 file and create a real device node for it: [ [ # cd /dev [ # sh MAKEDEV st0 [ [then rerun your backup thingie to save the data to a real tape and not [a file on disk. [ [ As far as CPAN is concerned, should I delete the files or create [a symlink [ like you, to another partition with more space? [ [I don't use CPAN, but I'd probably move /root/.cpan someplace else and [symlink to it, just in case useful data is still in there. [ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
RE: Root filesystem 102% full (was: Disks fillin up)
On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, David Radovanovic wrote: That was the ticket. / is back down to 48%. Though when I 'sh MAKEDEV st0' in /dev I get the error: st0 - no such device name. Thanks. Old backup system? man st claims that (a) this was a SCSI tape; and (b) this has been deprecated in favour of the sa(4) driver. 1. Ensure your /dev/sa0 co. device files exist. 2. Update your backup program, or specify the correct device file for it to use 3. At a pinch, if your backup program doesn't grok sa, you might create symlinks from /dev/st to /dev/sa but there's no guarantee that any special ioctls will work across both devices. -- jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ Tel +44(0)117 9287088 Fax +44 (0)117 9287112 http://ioctl.org/jan/ No generalised law is without exception. A self-demonstrating axiom. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
