Disk space problem in /

abodana · 09-12-2006, 11:30 AM

Hi ,

I have a problem with my diskspace ( i am running fedora 4).
i need to know what is the best way to download any software/application & where to saved them to avoid
any disk space problem .
In the below status of my system i have /96% and i want to decrease this to be in the save side .

[root@localhost ~]# df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda2 3968124 3594688 168608 96% /
/dev/shm 517192 0 517192 0% /dev/shm

Any idea , suggestion in how to free more space.

Thanks

w3bd3vil · 09-12-2006, 11:43 AM

4GB isnt alot of space you know. you would want to add another hdd, instead of finding another way. a default installation would itself take more than 2GB.

abodana · 09-12-2006, 12:33 PM

Thanks for reply ,

My laptop has more than 60 GB and i am using dual O/S .
I think is the only solution to add more space to the current setup.
Now how to add/increase my / file system space ??

Thanks

w3bd3vil · 09-12-2006, 12:56 PM

you could use various tools available for partioning and free some space for your fedora. although I dont think you will be able to add it to /, you could mount these and use them as....whatever you want.

tstuart · 09-12-2006, 01:03 PM

I have a simular issue, where I didn't allocate enough space to my linux partition. Is there anyway to have one of my linux directorys, /bin for example, be located on my larger partition?

w3bd3vil · 09-12-2006, 01:11 PM

oh well
create a new dir /mnt/newbin
rsync -avP /bin /mnt/bin
what you want to do here is edit your /etc/fstab file and change the mounts there.

please let others confirm before you try this, I havent done this myself yet.