Re: I need help with my var partition.
On 4/28/23 17:25, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
I am 72 and have forgotten a few things. I looked up debian/var and was
told I could delete /var/log/
and /var/tmp/ and /var/cores/. I left cores alone and deleted the other
two. Now I cannot burn a backup, download files and even go to web
sites from my nord vpn which was working great until I deleted the above
files. I really want to upgrade to debian 11. I am using debian 10, on
a Lonovo all in one and have had no problems. I followed the directions
for var that I found and now have a screwed up machine. Is there any
help available. I was thinking of upgrading online but don't want to
loose my data. Please help this old lady.
On 4/28/23 17:57, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> OK so I went looking on the net /debian/var to find out why it is
> running out of room. All I could find is the directions to delete said
> files. I will put them back, now.
On 4/28/23 19:05, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> ... I still cannot burn a back up disk.
On 4/28/23 19:36, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> Here is what I got.
>
> root@debian:/var# /bin/ls -ld */
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 28 15:46 backups/
> drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 Apr 12 20:20 cache/
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 28 20:59 cores/
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 13 2020 games/
> drwxr-xr-x 62 root root 4096 Apr 12 20:20 lib/
> drwxrwsr-x 2 root staff 4096 Sep 19 2020 local/
> drwxrwxrwt 3 root root 100 Apr 28 21:13 lock/
> drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Apr 28 21:36 log/
> drwx------ 2 root root 16384 Nov 12 2020 lost+found/
> drwxrwsr-x 2 root mail 4096 Nov 12 2020 mail/
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 12 2020 opt/
> drwxr-xr-x 27 root root 760 Apr 28 22:31 run/
> drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 Apr 27 22:58 snap/
> drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Nov 12 2020 spool/
> drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Apr 28 22:32 tmp/
> root@debian:/var#
I assume you have a Lenovo computer. What is the model name and number?
What processor? How much memory? How many drives, what type, and
what size?
What backup software are you using? Do you have recent backups? Do you
know how to restore?
What other resources do you have available -- computers, network, USB
flash drives, external HDD's, spare SSD/HDD's?
When I break an OS instance, or when I want to re-install or do a major
version upgrade, I back up the system configuration files and data
files, remove the system disk, install a (zeroed) replacement system
disk, do a fresh install, manually merge the old configuration settings
into the new configuration files, and restore the data. So long as I do
each step correctly, I end up with a correct result.
Disaster preparedness and disaster recovery are easier if your OS is on
one disk and your data is on another disk. What is your layout?
David
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