Re: No space left on device

From: Kimberly Webb (kimw_at_nospam.pos.org)
Date: 08/26/03 

Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 16:58:10 -0400

It may be useful to note that when I type
du -ax / | sort -n (a command I found in a usenet archieve) I get:

36680 /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat/Packages
39820 /lib
51664 /var/log/messages
59928 /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat
59932 /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux
59936 /usr/lib/rpmdb
61780 /usr/X11R6/lib
65008 /usr/bin
74124 /usr/X11R6
94972 /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-18.7.x/drivers
107492 /usr/share/doc
138080 /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-18.7.x
140176 /usr/src
178388 /home/klemmerj
178920 /home
190960 /var/log/wtmp
193336 /var/log/mgetty.log.ttyQ1a3
269796 /usr/share
281656 /usr/lib
443552 /var/log
461828 /var
857584 /usr
1586340 /

"Kimberly Webb" <kimw@nospam.pos.org> wrote in message
news:3f4bb581$0$15122$afc38c87@...
> I'm a VERY new linux user trying to administer an existing linux box to
> allow remote dial-in access on our network. It's Red Hat Linux release
7.3,
> Kernel 2.4.18-5 on an i686.
>
> During boot up I get an error "no space left on device"
>
> What exactly should I delete to fix this? I assume there are log files I
> can get rid of but how to I navigate to them. Should I delete the files
or
> just open them in vi and empty them? How do I even get into the /dev/hda2
> to do anything? A patient person that could provide step by step
> directions would be VERY appreciated. Many thanks in advance for your
help.
>
> I already used pine to delete all the mail.
>
> [root@fluffy root]# df -k
> Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev/hda2 1619164 1618780 0 100% /
> /dev/hda1 148345 5389 135297 4% /boot
> none 128088 0 128088 0% /dev/shm
> [root@fluffy root]#
> [root@fluffy root]# df -i
> Filesystem Inodes IUsed IFree IUse% Mounted on
> /dev/hda2 205920 64321 141599 32% /
> /dev/hda1 38304 43 38261 1% /boot
> none 32022 1 32021 1% /dev/shm
> [root@fluffy root]#
>
>
>

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