thanks for the quick response
how can i find out if this is my issue...when i setup the system ..i 
took defaults.
Though, i removed the files..it still does not change the 100% number.
 
mjhh
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 3:29 PM, Mike Bird <mgb@yosemite.net 
<mailto:mgb@yosemite.net>> wrote:
    On Wed March 12 2008 12:22:24 Michael Habashy wrote:
    > I had my / lvm partition reported as being out of diskspace.
    > I deleted a lot of the files...you can see below....
    > I have about 30gig free..but it is still being reported as full..
    Ext2/Ext3 filesystems have a percentage of space reserved
    for emergencies.  You can change the percentage with
    "tune2fs -m number".  You can do this safely at any time,
    even when the filesystem is mounted.
    --Mike Bird