Why is my root filesystem full, I can't find anything that taking up the filesystem space

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04-10-2017, 10:39 AM	#16
suicidaleggroll LQ Guru Contributing Member Registered: Nov 2010 Location: Colorado Distribution: OpenSUSE, CentOS Posts: 5,573 Rep:	Yes, you have 104 GB hiding in /data/12 on your root filesystem that is being covered up by your /dev/sdl1 mount. Chances are you want to move this data onto /dev/sdl1? It must have been placed on the root filesystem by mistake when sdl1 wasn't currently mounted.

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