Re: [cobalt-users] / is full and / is what? where?

[Rik Thomas <rikt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 19 Aug 2001, M Smart wrote:

>
> Got an e-mail from our automated admin account today.
>
> Labled:
>
> Subject: The filesystem [/] is getting very full
>
> is getting very close to full.  This is very dangerous for the server
> and can cause unexpected errors to occur.  You either need to move some
> files to another storage device and delete them from the Cobalt server
> or delete them altogether.  Consult the documentation for help adding
> storage to your Cobalt server.
>
> Total disk space:  725.95 MB
> Free disk space:  49.99 MB
> Percent Used:  93 %
>
> I can't locate the / file. I'm the owner of the box and it just so happens my
> actual admin guy is on holiday this week.  Can some one point me to
> documentation on this or out and out answer me as to where I find this
> source.
> Generally we get an e-mail indicating a v-host is a violator. What / is, is a
> mystery to me.
>
> Thanks
> Humble Owner
> Jake


/ is a partition, not a file.  Most likely you need to clean out some logs
in /var/log/  remove any of the .gz files that are in there.  There are
also quite a few messages in the archives about this very problem and how
to move and simlink files to make even more room.  Take care of this right
away, if you totally fill up that partition you will be unable to su to
root and logging will stop on the machine.  The only way to recover then
is to remove the hard drive and mount on another machine.

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