Re: [vox-tech] What I Did Tonight
you don't have to. afaik, most systems will look for old cores and delete them. but if you want to check, the *easiest* way is to do "locate core". btw, if you want to know what a core file, see http://www.dirac.org/linux/gdb. pete begin Richard S. Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > At the risk of sounding even more like a moron: How do I do that? > > > At 12:06 AM 3/22/2002, you wrote: > >Have you looked for and deleted all core dumps? > >Rusty ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] What I Did Tonight
I try to get partitons right the first time, since moving them about sucks. i usualy have 7 partions as follows on my workstation hda: /mnt/windowsyeah, I dual boot. /varThis tends to be always in use swapDitto hdc: /boot I do this out of habit, probably don't need it. / System config and tools /usrUser software /home My stuff! It's almost always a good idea to give /home it's own partition, since if you decide to install a new distro, you don't kill your personal config and stuff. On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 11:57:39PM -0800, ME wrote: > Things you may want to move to other partitions (in common order): YMMV > /usr/local (My first choice) > /home(If you have lots of users...) > /var (a potential rat hoel with web docs and log files...) > /var/log ( on a busy server, this can amount to lots of used space) > /var/www ( " "web " " " ") > /tmp ( useful for gimp (etc) to have a tmp not on "/" I just link /tmp to /var/tmp > /usr ( Some distros even put stuff in /usr/sbin and /usr/bin > that is needed for booting, so this is questionable.) > /boot( shown last since it often has very little data if sep > partition is used for it.) > > Things you probably DONT want to move to other partitions (keep on "/") > (Most important to keep to least important): > / (of course... heh) > /etc (Need this for /etc/fstab for one) > /lib (Where are your modules stored?) > /sbin (bad one to take away...) > /dev (devfs reason shy this not as important) > /bin (Some distros need stuff here to get other fs up too...) > > Many of these last parts (depending on distro) have "things" required by > the system during boot in order to get other filesystems mounted/usable. > > Also, when you copy stuff, be sure to play with : > # cp -ar > or > # cp -aR (when copying device special b,c,f, etc files) > > Short-term solutions: > del core files, > visit any open src trees and make clean them, > look through each user's account and destroy netscape cache's (or other > borwser caches), > find and eliminate emacs backup files *~, > > You get the picture... > > Hope this helps. > > -ME > > P.S. hope this e-mail does not put you over 100% ;-) > > -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- > Version: 3.12 > GCS/CM$/IT$/LS$/S/O$ !d--(++) !s !a+++(-) C++$() U$(+$) P+$>+++ > L+++$(++) E W+++$(+) N+ o K w+$>++>+++ O-@ M+$ V-$>- !PS !PE Y+ !PGP > t@-(++) 5+@ X@ R- tv- b++ DI+++ D+ G--@ e+>++> h(++)>+ r*>? z? > --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- > decode: http://www.ebb.org/ungeek/ about: http://www.geekcode.com/geek.html > > On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Richard S. Crawford wrote: > > Tonight, in a desperate bid to free up some space on my hard drive, I went > > ahead and created a new directory on my huge unused /u2 partition called > > bin. Then I copied everything from /bin to /u2/bin. Then I deleted /bin > > and created a symbolic link from /bin -> /u2/bin. > > > > Then I rebooted. > > > > Shit. > > > > This probably won't be too hard to recover from. But if anyone else has > > any advice on how to free up hard drive space that doesn't involve tricks > > that will make my computer forget how to start up, I'm all ears... or > > eyes... or something. Right now, doing df -h reveals that / is at 100% > > capacity. > > > > > > > > Sliante, > > Richard S. Crawford > > > > http://www.mossroot.com > > AIM: Buffalo2K ICQ: 11646404 Y!: rscrawford > > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > "It is only with the heart that we see rightly; what is essential is > > invisible to the eye." --Antoine de Saint Exupéry > > > > "Push the button, Max!" > > > > ___ > > vox-tech mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > > > > ___ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] What I Did Tonight
On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 11:28:48PM -0800, Richard S. Crawford wrote:
> Tonight, in a desperate bid to free up some space on my hard drive, I went
> ahead and created a new directory on my huge unused /u2 partition called
> bin. Then I copied everything from /bin to /u2/bin. Then I deleted /bin
> and created a symbolic link from /bin -> /u2/bin.
>
> Then I rebooted.
>
> Shit.
>
> This probably won't be too hard to recover from. But if anyone else has
> any advice on how to free up hard drive space that doesn't involve tricks
> that will make my computer forget how to start up, I'm all ears... or
> eyes... or something. Right now, doing df -h reveals that / is at 100%
> capacity.
>
>
>
> Sliante,
> Richard S. Crawford
Here's a neat trick:
cd /
du -ks * | sort -nr |more
lists the directories in size order, with total
disk used in k. This lets you find the places
that are the disk hogs!
Another snippet that might help:
cd foo
find . -atime +60
finds files that havn't been accessed for 60 days or more.
and of course:
cd foo
find . \( -name core -o -name "*~" \) -ok rm -f \{ \} \;
to nuke all core files, and all temporary files
(name ends with ~) that haven't been accessed for 60 days.
And, you've checked /var/log/* for out-of-control log
files, yes?
Happy hunting...
Chuck Polisher
--
The man who sets out to carry a cat by its tail
learns something that will always be useful and
which never will grow dim or doubtful. -- Mark Twain
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Re: [vox-tech] What I Did Tonight
At the risk of sounding even more like a moron: How do I do that? At 12:06 AM 3/22/2002, you wrote: >Have you looked for and deleted all core dumps? >Rusty Sliante, Richard S. Crawford http://www.mossroot.com AIM: Buffalo2K ICQ: 11646404 Y!: rscrawford MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "It is only with the heart that we see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." --Antoine de Saint Exupéry "Push the button, Max!" ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] What I Did Tonight
Use a boot CD. For me, that means running the Mandrake installation CD with the rescue option. But that's just me. You *might* be able to boot with u2's partition as the root partition (I think you pass "root=/dev/" to the kernel at boot). I can see the kernel complaining, but it might work. Either way, copy the files back to the original root partition and reboot. -Mark On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Richard S. Crawford wrote: > Tonight, in a desperate bid to free up some space on my hard drive, I went > ahead and created a new directory on my huge unused /u2 partition called > bin. Then I copied everything from /bin to /u2/bin. Then I deleted /bin > and created a symbolic link from /bin -> /u2/bin. > > Then I rebooted. > > Shit. > > This probably won't be too hard to recover from. But if anyone else has > any advice on how to free up hard drive space that doesn't involve tricks > that will make my computer forget how to start up, I'm all ears... or > eyes... or something. Right now, doing df -h reveals that / is at 100% > capacity. > > > > Sliante, > Richard S. Crawford > > http://www.mossroot.com > AIM: Buffalo2K ICQ: 11646404 Y!: rscrawford > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "It is only with the heart that we see rightly; what is essential is > invisible to the eye." --Antoine de Saint Exupéry > > "Push the button, Max!" > > ___ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > -- Mark K. Kim http://www.cbreak.org/ PGP key available upon request. ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] What I Did Tonight
Things you may want to move to other partitions (in common order): YMMV /usr/local (My first choice) /home(If you have lots of users...) /var (a potential rat hoel with web docs and log files...) /var/log ( on a busy server, this can amount to lots of used space) /var/www ( " "web " " " ") /tmp ( useful for gimp (etc) to have a tmp not on "/" /usr ( Some distros even put stuff in /usr/sbin and /usr/bin that is needed for booting, so this is questionable.) /boot( shown last since it often has very little data if sep partition is used for it.) Things you probably DONT want to move to other partitions (keep on "/") (Most important to keep to least important): / (of course... heh) /etc (Need this for /etc/fstab for one) /lib (Where are your modules stored?) /sbin (bad one to take away...) /dev (devfs reason shy this not as important) /bin (Some distros need stuff here to get other fs up too...) Many of these last parts (depending on distro) have "things" required by the system during boot in order to get other filesystems mounted/usable. Also, when you copy stuff, be sure to play with : # cp -ar or # cp -aR (when copying device special b,c,f, etc files) Short-term solutions: del core files, visit any open src trees and make clean them, look through each user's account and destroy netscape cache's (or other borwser caches), find and eliminate emacs backup files *~, You get the picture... Hope this helps. -ME P.S. hope this e-mail does not put you over 100% ;-) -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12 GCS/CM$/IT$/LS$/S/O$ !d--(++) !s !a+++(-) C++$() U$(+$) P+$>+++ L+++$(++) E W+++$(+) N+ o K w+$>++>+++ O-@ M+$ V-$>- !PS !PE Y+ !PGP t@-(++) 5+@ X@ R- tv- b++ DI+++ D+ G--@ e+>++> h(++)>+ r*>? z? --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- decode: http://www.ebb.org/ungeek/ about: http://www.geekcode.com/geek.html On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Richard S. Crawford wrote: > Tonight, in a desperate bid to free up some space on my hard drive, I went > ahead and created a new directory on my huge unused /u2 partition called > bin. Then I copied everything from /bin to /u2/bin. Then I deleted /bin > and created a symbolic link from /bin -> /u2/bin. > > Then I rebooted. > > Shit. > > This probably won't be too hard to recover from. But if anyone else has > any advice on how to free up hard drive space that doesn't involve tricks > that will make my computer forget how to start up, I'm all ears... or > eyes... or something. Right now, doing df -h reveals that / is at 100% > capacity. > > > > Sliante, > Richard S. Crawford > > http://www.mossroot.com > AIM: Buffalo2K ICQ: 11646404 Y!: rscrawford > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "It is only with the heart that we see rightly; what is essential is > invisible to the eye." --Antoine de Saint Exupéry > > "Push the button, Max!" > > ___ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] What I Did Tonight
Have you looked for and deleted all core dumps? Rusty On Thursday 21 March 2002 11:28 pm, you wrote: > Tonight, in a desperate bid to free up some space on my hard drive, I went > ahead and created a new directory on my huge unused /u2 partition called > bin. Then I copied everything from /bin to /u2/bin. Then I deleted /bin > and created a symbolic link from /bin -> /u2/bin. > > Then I rebooted. > > Shit. > > This probably won't be too hard to recover from. But if anyone else has > any advice on how to free up hard drive space that doesn't involve tricks > that will make my computer forget how to start up, I'm all ears... or > eyes... or something. Right now, doing df -h reveals that / is at 100% > capacity. > > > > Sliante, > Richard S. Crawford > > http://www.mossroot.com > AIM: Buffalo2K ICQ: 11646404 Y!: rscrawford > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "It is only with the heart that we see rightly; what is essential is > invisible to the eye." --Antoine de Saint Exupéry > > "Push the button, Max!" > > ___ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
[vox-tech] What I Did Tonight
Tonight, in a desperate bid to free up some space on my hard drive, I went ahead and created a new directory on my huge unused /u2 partition called bin. Then I copied everything from /bin to /u2/bin. Then I deleted /bin and created a symbolic link from /bin -> /u2/bin. Then I rebooted. Shit. This probably won't be too hard to recover from. But if anyone else has any advice on how to free up hard drive space that doesn't involve tricks that will make my computer forget how to start up, I'm all ears... or eyes... or something. Right now, doing df -h reveals that / is at 100% capacity. Sliante, Richard S. Crawford http://www.mossroot.com AIM: Buffalo2K ICQ: 11646404 Y!: rscrawford MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "It is only with the heart that we see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." --Antoine de Saint Exupéry "Push the button, Max!" ___ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
