My / partition is full.

uhcafigdc · 08-12-2011, 12:42 PM

Computer is running Debian Lenny.

I installed it a while ago; not sure when it was.
I chose the automatic partitioning option that makes these separate partitions:

Code:

	/	259M
	/dev	10M
	/home	907G
	/tmp	373M
	/usr	4.6G
	/var	2.8G

Cool! Except, the kernel libraries are stored in /lib, which is on /, and the newer kernels have increased in size since then so that THE / PARTITION BECOMES FULL WHEN YOU INSTALL THEM.

The current sizes of the contents of some of the directories under / are:

Code:

	/lib	114M
	/etc	22M
	/bin	3.8M
	/boot	42M
	/sbin	3.2M

I am not sure what is using the rest of the partition; its currently full.

I have tried `aptitude clean` and `aptitude autoclean` already, which didn't free any disk space.

I want to avoid setting this system up over again from scratch at all costs, because it would require a lot of time. How else can I solve this problem without hosing the system or losing data?

yooy · 08-12-2011, 12:52 PM

I think you should boot with live cd that contains gparted or other partitioning tool and resize home partition and increase / partition space.

TobiSGD · 08-12-2011, 01:14 PM

Do you have the option to de-install older kernels? Otherwise I would go for yooy's suggestion.

anomie · 08-12-2011, 01:30 PM

And, tangentially, I agree that those aren't very sane default filesystem sizes. Disk space is cheap. Under the scheme you mentioned, go for 1GB on /, and give yourself breathing room.