/ is 99% full

Jason Dixon jason at dixongroup.net
Fri Jul 2 14:12:12 UTC 2004


On Jul 2, 2004, at 10:07 AM, Vivek Kumar wrote:

> I am having problems with few filesystems (partions). Following
> partiotions are 85 to 99 % full. I cannot expand the partition or add
> space to it:
>
> /  99% full
> /boot 85% full
> /usr 90 % full
>
> I don't know where to look and what to delete. Can I reduce other
> partitions and increase the size of above partiotion.

If you didn't give /var its own partition, there's a good chance your 
logs have filled /.  The following command will give you a good idea 
where the bulk of your storage is being allocated:

$ sudo du -hs /*

HTH.

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Jason Dixon, RHCE
DixonGroup Consulting
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