root partition full but cannot find big files

leotina · 09-01-2009, 02:48 PM

in my system the root partition is full
but there are no big files
may be system writes to opened file
please some ideas how to proceeed

repo · 09-01-2009, 02:51 PM

What is the output from

Code:

df -h

distribution?

nuwen52 · 09-01-2009, 03:35 PM

from "/" directory

Code:

du -x -k | sort -n

Maybe? That will tell you what directories use up the most disk space.

Wim Sturkenboom · 09-01-2009, 11:19 PM

The outpt of fdisk -l (lowercase L) might help as well to judge if this will be a once-off or that you will encounter this problem on a regular basis.

I've noticed a couple of posts that seem to indicate that a default Ubuntu install creates a relatively small root partition.