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Help! Disk space error
by linux-5ZoueyuiTZhBDgjK7y7TUQ＠public.gmane.org 27 Aug '03

27 Aug '03

For the moment, it may be the only way some can post to the list. I know that if I try to author a fresh thread, my message disappears. For some reason, only replies are getting through. Madison Emir wrote: > On 27/08/2003 10:51, Sidney Shapiro wrote: > >> Help! My system seems to have run out of space on /dev/hda6 and it >> causing lots and lots of problems. Everything on the server is set up as >> RAID5 (Values shown below are 1/3 of system space). How can I shrink >> /dev/md0 and increase the size of hda6, or some other suggestions to get >> this working? Any suggestions would be really appreciated. I am running >> RH7.3 > > > Start by opening a new thread and not replying to an unrelated message > that messes up the thread view. Perhaps then someone who's not ignoring > this thread (Konqueror and Yahoo Groups) will see your message and > attempt to help you. > > -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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Help! Disk space error
by sidney-3Kd7Tu4o6f/sBN0MCq728g＠public.gmane.org 27 Aug '03

27 Aug '03

> Something doesn't add up. In your previous message, df showed 354M/372M > available on / but here it seems like only 15.9M is used. Did you free > 338.1M of logs? If so, then what's the problem? > > I've been told fips is the program to use for resizing partitions, but I > haven't used it yet. Be warned; messing with partitions is a great way > to lose data. > > HPH! > > Kareem > Youre right, I cant see how the numbers add up. All I deleted was two unneeded files in / and a bunch of old log files... This is what I get now: [root at root]# du -sh * 1.1M Desktop 31k Mail 27k PLSK.00015231.0000.sh 4.0k anaconda-ks.cfg 727k easypsa 5.3M image 2.0k index.html 22k install.log 0 install.log.syslog 3.0k mail 1.0k nsmail [root at root]# df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda6 372M 95M 258M 27% / /dev/hda1 45M 8.7M 34M 21% /boot /dev/md0 147G 9.3G 130G 7% /home none 283M 0 282M 0% /dev/shm /dev/hda3 8.6G 1.7G 6.5G 21% /usr /dev/hda7 26G 1.7G 23G 7% /var -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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Threads: they're everywhere and they're out to get *you*
by emir-rdkfGonbjUTTQjIoRn/dzw＠public.gmane.org 27 Aug '03

27 Aug '03

On 27/08/2003 11:08, Sidney Shapiro wrote: > I though that by removing the title and message it would revert to a new > thread. My apologies, I will know better for the future. Good clients use "Message-ID", "References", "In-Reply-To", and "Supersedes" headers which you normally don't modify yourself. That's how they manage to figure out threads even when subject changes. -- Emir. "The rancorous Supreme Court pronouncement on the 2000 Presidential election ought to remind everyone that the US' legal system is at best a lottery, and at worst, deeply swayed by human vices." -- Andrew Orlowski -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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Help! Disk space error
by kareem-d+8TeBu5bOew5LPnMra/2Q＠public.gmane.org 27 Aug '03

27 Aug '03

On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 11:10, Sidney Shapiro wrote: > I erased most of the log files I did not need, and cleaned up some files > which were sitting in root as well. When I type du -shx /* this is what > I got: [root at root]# du -shx /* > 5.8M /bin > 4.7M /boot > 270k /dev > 5.1M /etc > > Is there a way to resize my partition? > > Sid Something doesn't add up. In your previous message, df showed 354M/372M available on / but here it seems like only 15.9M is used. Did you free 338.1M of logs? If so, then what's the problem? I've been told fips is the program to use for resizing partitions, but I haven't used it yet. Be warned; messing with partitions is a great way to lose data. HPH! Kareem -- /********************************************************************* kareem-d+8TeBu5bOew5LPnMra/2Q at public.gmane.org - Kareem Shehata - 416-676-6611 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reminds me of my safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water. -- W. C. Fields ********************************************************************/ -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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Help! Disk space error
by sidney-3Kd7Tu4o6f/sBN0MCq728g＠public.gmane.org 27 Aug '03

27 Aug '03

> > On August 27, 2003 11:07 am, teddymills wrote: > > > Linux will save about 5% of the inodes, so diskspace used is really not > > 100%. > > Not necessarily. Isn't that 5% saved for root? If the files that filled > / > belong to root (and if I'm correct ;-) then it very well might be at 100%. Yeah, all the files that were filling up / (ie the 30% I removed) all did belong to root. Sid -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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Help! Disk space error
by robert-5LEc/6Zm6xCUd8a0hrldnti2O/JbrIOy＠public.gmane.org 27 Aug '03

27 Aug '03

On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, Sidney Shapiro wrote: > Help! My system seems to have run out of space on /dev/hda6 and it > causing lots and lots of problems. Everything on the server is set up as > RAID5 (Values shown below are 1/3 of system space). How can I shrink > /dev/md0 and increase the size of hda6, or some other suggestions to get That will depend on the type of filesystem you are using. Don't consider growing/shrinking filesystems on production boxes unless you are sure you have your data safely backed up (which should be the case anyway). > this working? Any suggestions would be really appreciated. I am running > RH7.3 Do this: cd / du -sh * See where the data is being taken up. I see you do not have /tmp seperate. You might like to consider this. At a pinch you could symlink /tmp to /var/tmp although I don't recommend it as a long term solution. If you do this, take the box to single user first. Rob -- Robert Brockway B.Sc. email: robert-5LEc/6Zm6xCUd8a0hrldnti2O/JbrIOy at public.gmane.org, zzbrock at uqconnect.net Linux counter project ID #16440 (http://counter.li.org) "The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens" -Baha'u'llah -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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Help! Disk space error
by sidney-3Kd7Tu4o6f/sBN0MCq728g＠public.gmane.org 27 Aug '03

27 Aug '03

> > Why do you have this problem? On my Debian system I have almost 3GB of > stuff > installed and my root is only 161 MB ... I've split off /usr and /var as > you > have but I still have /boot as part of /. > > Check what's hogging your space ... I just checked a rh7.3 system that I > have > access to and it's only using 216 MB for / despite tonnes of software > being > installed (3.8 GB /usr). > > One culprit might be extra kernels that are installed. /lib/modules can > get > pretty huge with a few 2.4 kernels installed. Recent Debian kernels have > a > /lib/modules/2.4.x/ directory of around 25 MB each. > > Another problem might be /tmp or /root > > If there really is a legitimage reason for all that space being used then > I'd > just pop in another disk and copy the root partition over to it. I am not sure what is causing this problem, when I erased a bunch of log and temp files stored under / I did manage to free up some space. If I was to add another hard drive, would it be a problem to get it working with the RAID5 the other drives are on? I would rather take some free space (if possible) from somewhere else and add it to /. Sid [root at root]# df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda6 372M 95M 258M 27% / /dev/hda1 45M 8.7M 34M 21% /boot /dev/md0 147G 9.3G 130G 7% /home none 283M 0 282M 0% /dev/shm /dev/hda3 8.6G 1.7G 6.5G 21% /usr /dev/hda7 26G 1.7G 23G 7% /var -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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Help! Disk space error
by fraser-Txk5XLRqZ6CsTnJN9+BGXg＠public.gmane.org 27 Aug '03

27 Aug '03

On August 27, 2003 11:07 am, teddymills wrote: > Linux will save about 5% of the inodes, so diskspace used is really not > 100%. Not necessarily. Isn't that 5% saved for root? If the files that filled / belong to root (and if I'm correct ;-) then it very well might be at 100%. -- Fraser Campbell <fraser-Txk5XLRqZ6CsTnJN9+BGXg at public.gmane.org> http://www.wehave.net/ Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada Debian GNU/Linux -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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Help! Disk space error
by sidney-3Kd7Tu4o6f/sBN0MCq728g＠public.gmane.org 27 Aug '03

27 Aug '03

> > du -shx /* > > Find out what is eating that much space on / > > Given /var, /home and /usr are seperate, maybe /root has been a messy > user. :) > > Or /tmp is too busy and should be mounted elsewhere. > > Lennart Sorensen I erased most of the log files I did not need, and cleaned up some files which were sitting in root as well. When I type du -shx /* this is what I got: [root at root]# du -shx /* 5.8M /bin 4.7M /boot 270k /dev 5.1M /etc Is there a way to resize my partition? Sid -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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Help! Disk space error
by sidney-3Kd7Tu4o6f/sBN0MCq728g＠public.gmane.org 27 Aug '03

27 Aug '03

> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org [mailto:owner-tlug at ss.org] On Behalf Of Emir > Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 11:03 AM > To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org > Subject: Re: [TLUG]: Help! Disk space error > > On 27/08/2003 10:51, Sidney Shapiro wrote: > > > Help! My system seems to have run out of space on /dev/hda6 and it > > causing lots and lots of problems. Everything on the server is set up as > > RAID5 (Values shown below are 1/3 of system space). How can I shrink > > /dev/md0 and increase the size of hda6, or some other suggestions to get > > this working? Any suggestions would be really appreciated. I am running > > RH7.3 > > Start by opening a new thread and not replying to an unrelated message > that > messes up the thread view. Perhaps then someone who's not ignoring this > thread (Konqueror and Yahoo Groups) will see your message and attempt to > help you. > > > -- > Emir. > I though that by removing the title and message it would revert to a new thread. My apologies, I will know better for the future. Sid -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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