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On 5/13/21 11:01 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 06:10:08AM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote |
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>> Do double check that you log into a directory that doesn't run out of space |
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>> once a month. That could cause problems also. |
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> After the "separate /usr" brouhaha, I gave up and went to one file |
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> system. We all back up our PC's regularly, don't we? <G> "fdisk -l" |
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> shows my "1 terabyte" drive as... |
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> |
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> Device Start End Sectors Size Type |
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> /dev/sda1 2048 1929381887 1929379840 920G Linux filesystem |
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> /dev/sda2 1929381888 1953525134 24143247 11.5G Linux swap |
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> |
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> I am *NOT* running out of disk space. mc (Midnight Commander) shows |
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> 617 of 905 gigabytes free when logged in as regular user. 663 of 905 |
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> free when logged in as root. Soon to be several gigabytes more free |
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> space when I do some cleaning up of obsolete unused cruft accumulated |
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> over the years. |
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One thing I've done in a similar situation is to boot to a live image. |
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That way, the current system does not mess with anything in /var/log and |
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you might find something which would be overwritten by a fresh boot. |
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