Re: 100% used / file system. Help!

On Wednesday 21 September 2011 14:54:03 Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote:
On Qua, 21 Set 2011, Lisi wrote:
So now things are working again, but I would still like to know what went
wrong,

****and shall work through all the suggestions until either I solve
what went wrong or I run out of things to try.****

We cannot guess, not with only the vague information you've given us.
Some likely culprits (/var/log) have been noted, but only you can
confirm that.

Several ways of discovering big files and directories have been given.
Run them, and investigate the ones taking up more space.

As you can see (stars above), I have already stated my intention of doing
exactly that. Noone is asking you to guess, and I have noted the suggestions
and already tried 4. 1 needs retrying now I have got a functional / again.
The others willl all be tried in turn.

And I have taken in that /var/log is a likely culprit. I tried to look at it
earlier from the safety of a live CD, but could not succeed because of the UK
keyboard problem (also now solved).

Lisi


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