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On Sunday 20 January 2002 12:46 pm, john-paul delaney wrote:
> I tried the shutdown being the safer (read easier) of the two, the
> filesystem checked out ok. Therefore I'm left with a full root
> directory but not knowing what's occupying all that
Yes! That was the question to show me what an idiot I am... I had moved the
files mentioned - instead of to a newly partitioned disk /dev/hdc3, to a
directory (created by mistake) on the root called hd3.
Sorry to have wasted your time gentlemen - but you saved me from making more
fatal mistake
On Sun, 2002-01-20 at 11:46, john-paul delaney wrote:
> Thanks, I appreciate your help...
>
> I tried the shutdown being the safer (read easier) of the two, the filesystem
> checked out ok. Therefore I'm left with a full root directory but not knowing
> what's occupying all that space.
>
>
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* On 20-01-02 at 15:45
* john-paul delaney said
> Thanks, I appreciate your help...
>
> I tried the shutdown being the safer (read easier) of the two, the filesystem
> checked out ok. Therefore I'm left with a full root directory but not kno
Thanks, I appreciate your help...
I tried the shutdown being the safer (read easier) of the two, the filesystem
checked out ok. Therefore I'm left with a full root directory but not knowing
what's occupying all that space.
I had moved off some directories but still there's no improvement (mc
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I think 'shutdown -rF now' might help.
* On 20-01-02 at 14:33
* Duncan Hill said
> On Sun, 20 Jan 2002, john-paul delaney wrote:
>
> > "Running e2fsck on a mounted filesystem may cause SEVERE filesystem damage.."
> >
> > Things are bad enough
On Sun, 20 Jan 2002, john-paul delaney wrote:
> "Running e2fsck on a mounted filesystem may cause SEVERE filesystem damage.."
>
> Things are bad enough as it is, so I abort the command.
> However I would like to trigger a manual filesystem check... how can I do so?
man tune2fs
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Sapere aude
Hello List...
fsck /dev/hda1 output warns:
"Running e2fsck on a mounted filesystem may cause SEVERE filesystem damage.."
Things are bad enough as it is, so I abort the command.
However I would like to trigger a manual filesystem check... how can I do so?
thanks
/j-p.
JU