Re: File system Full...But it's not!

From: Michael Heiming (michael+USENET_at_www.heiming.de)
Date: 05/05/04 

Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 22:26:47 -0000

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In alt.os.linux Matt_left_coast <not@chance.org> suggested:
> Bill Unruh wrote:

> > ...the machine
> > cannot even boot up because the disk really is 100% full.

> A way around this would be to boot from the Mandrake CD using the rescue
> option, then clean the disk. I tend to think that the 5% is a bit much,
> depending on how large the / partition. If the user cuts down this

Nope, it isn't. Performance will drop down as soon as you get >90%
FS usage. The best idea for the OP, as Bill already pointed out
is to clean up or put another hd in the system. /tmp is a good
place to look, /var/log might contain log files ending in .gz
which can be usually removed saveloy. Another idea would be to use
his package manager and delete unneeded packages and check his
$HOME for obsolete stuff. Put it on CD/DVD-RW if unsure if you
won't miss it once. 

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