[SOLVED] Out of disk space :(

fletch2k3 · 08-17-2009, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by i92guboj

Most unexpected, are you sure you wrote it well?

The "-l" is a dash and a lower case L, not a "one".

when i did it again it didnt do anything just promted my username

Code:

 fletch2k3@linux-97kx:/> usr/sbin/fdisk -l
       fletch2k3@linux-97kx:/> _

repo · 08-17-2009, 01:23 PM

Quote:

fletch2k3@linux-97kx:/> usr/sbin/fdisk -l

It is
/usr/sbin/fdisk -l

fletch2k3 · 08-17-2009, 01:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by w1k0

Much more effective is to use the command such as:

Code:

du -B 1000 / | grep -E '^[0-9]{7,}'

it gave me a long list all ending in permission denied.

i92guboj · 08-17-2009, 01:24 PM

Can you try this one?

Code:

ls -lR /dev/disk/by-path/

i92guboj · 08-17-2009, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by repo

It is
/usr/sbin/fdisk -l

I noticed that, but since he seems to be at / it really doesn't matter.

fletch2k3 · 08-17-2009, 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by repo

It is
/usr/sbin/fdisk -l

sorry i forgot to type that in on here. But thats what i inputted on my laptop and it did the same thing

repo · 08-17-2009, 01:30 PM

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I noticed that, but since he seems to be at / it really doesn't matter.

It matters, since you give the whole path

fletch2k3 · 08-17-2009, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by i92guboj

Can you try this one?

Code:

ls -lR /dev/disk/by-path/

that gave me something... weird. it says

Code:

 total 0  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2009-8-17 07:18 pci-0000:00:0f.0-sci-0:0:0:0 ->../../sda

it repeats but it says part 1 and part 2

fletch2k3 · 08-17-2009, 01:33 PM

im a girl

i92guboj · 08-17-2009, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fletch2k3

that gave me something... weird. it says

Code:

 total 0  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2009-8-17 07:18 pci-0000:00:0f.0-sci-0:0:0:0 ->../../sda

it repeats but it says part 1 and part 2

Right, this is starting to mean something.

sda is a hard disk (or hard-disk-like) device. part1 and part2 means you have two partitions on that disk. fdisk is acting weird and it doesn't list them for some reason. I think that it happens with usb drives, but maybe your disk is some kind of memory based device, and not a real hard disk.

Can you please, provide the output of these commands?

Code:

df | grep sda
mount | grep sda

fletch2k3 · 08-17-2009, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by i92guboj

Right, this is starting to mean something.

sda is a hard disk (or hard-disk-like) device. part1 and part2 means you have two partitions on that disk. fdisk is acting weird and it doesn't list them for some reason. I think that it happens with usb drives, but maybe your disk is some kind of memory based device, and not a real hard disk.

Can you please, provide the output of these commands?

Code:

df | grep sda
mount | grep sda

when i typed in df | grep sda it came up

3202480 3073260 0 100%/

when i typed in mount | grep sda it came up
on / type ext3 (rw,noatime, nodiratime)

fletch2k3 · 08-17-2009, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by repo

To find the biggest files:

Code:

du -a /home | sort -n -r | head -n 10

Then remove the files you don't want
Make sure you don't need them any more

Code:

rm filename

this worked and showed me what was on the files but i am unclear as to how i am supposed to remove the files? maybe this would solve my problems?

i92guboj · 08-17-2009, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by repo

It matters, since you give the whole path

You miss the point, the absolute path will work from everywhere, but since she already was at /, she can also use the relative path, without / in front of it, they both will reach the same binary. In fact, she received the same empty output. If the path had been incorrect as you think it was, she would have received a "command not found " error.

Quote:

Originally Posted by fletch2k3

when i typed in df | grep sda it came up

3202480 3073260 0 100%/

when i typed in mount | grep sda it came up
on / type ext3 (rw,noatime, nodiratime)

Only one partition is mounted, however according to what you said above, you must have another one somewhere. Can you try these ones?

Code:

ls /dev/sda*
file -s /dev/sda*

repo · 08-17-2009, 01:57 PM

Suppose the output is

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4061548 /home/repo/torrents/slackware-12.2-iso

then in a terminal you type

Code:

rm /home/repo/torrents/slackware-12.2-iso

repo · 08-17-2009, 02:02 PM

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You miss the point, the absolute path will work from everywhere, but since she already was at /, she can also use the relative path, without / in front of it, they both will reach the same binary. In fact, she received the same empty output. If the path had been incorrect as you think it was, she would have received a "command not found " error.

correct