Re: file system on / grew over night?
On 10/25/2007 10:08 AM, Michael A. Miller wrote:
> I came in this morning to find that the / filesystem on a machine
> is at 100%. This is on a stable machine installed with one
> partition as per the installer suggestions. I've cleared off
> enough space to be able to get log in and find that the disk
> seems full:
>
> /dev/hda1 71G 65G 3.0G 96% /
>
> But when I du to find out what caused it, I can only find 47 GB
> in use. So it seems that something happened to create 18 GB that
> I cannot find. Does anyone have suggestions as to how to trouble
> shoot this?
>
> Thanks, Mike
>
I'm no expert, but since you have no replies... Why not play it safe,
shutdown the system. Reboot with a rescue CD or knoppix to examine the
system safely. For example, if you've been rooted, all the executables
would be suspect, thus leading you to not see the 18 GB.
Keep us posted.
Ralph
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