Re: [cobalt-users] Root volume too full

[Tomas Garcia Ferrari <tgf@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

> You'll find disk usage statistics by using the "du" command.
> Read the man page for more info.

Thanks. 'du -shx /dir' is very usefull.

> Hint #1: Make sure that there aren't a bunch of files in /tmp
> Hint #2: Most of that space will be used by your /usr directory

Yes. Shouldn't be as a separate volume? Should I simlinked into /home? Could
this break anything?

>> Is normal to have a 'vmlinux.gz' file at the root level? Could
>> that mean that this server had been hacked? Where should I look
>> to reduce the use of '/'...?
> 
> That's your kernel.  Leave it alone unless you know what you're
> doing.  Missteps result in unbootable machines, thanks to Linux's
> crappy boot loader.  (Sorry... hardcoded CHS values for one's
> kernel are IMHO unacceptable.)

Is normal to have the kernel 'floating' on the root level? In other servers
this is under /boot...

Regards,
Tomás

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