File System Problem

smunir362 · Post by **smunir362** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 7:22 pm

My Linux Box was running well. But next day I have come to know that its root partition is 100% Full.
How to investigate and overcome this issue.
Please help me.

khizer · Post by **khizer** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 7:45 pm

If you are able to boot normally and just want to find out what is taking up whole space, then go to the terminal (make sure you are a root user) and run the following command:

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du -h --max-depth=1 /

this will show you the size of each of the directory under the root partition.

You can then follow the directory which is unusually using up more space.

If you are new to linux you can run the following commands and paste the output here so that we can help you.

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mount

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df -h

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du -h --max-depth=1 /

If you are unable to boot up properly, try booting in a single user mode or use a live fedora/linux cd.

Manners Taliban · Post by **lambda** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 2:32 am

if it's a desktop with gnome installed, try using the "disk usage analyzer" under the accessories applications menu.

this will work everywhere:

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du -sk /* | sort -nr | more

when you find an unusually large directory, repeat that inside it:

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du -sk /dirname/* | sort -nr | more

smunir362 · Post by **smunir362** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 11:48 pm

will u please tell me all the aspect of this problem.
I run du -chs command against /.
# cd /
# du -chs *
All folder have not enough size. It means no directory cause 100% / full.
I think there problem is some where else.

khizer · Post by **khizer** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 12:02 am

smunir362 wrote:will u please tell me all the aspect of this problem.
I run du -chs command against /.
# cd /
# du -chs *
All folder have not enough size. It means no directory cause 100% / full.
I think there problem is some where else.

Its impossible to tell the aspect of your problem from the given information.

If you want us to help you, please provide the output of the three commands I told you.

Help us in helping you

mudasir · Post by **mudasir** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 9:04 pm

Hi,

When you login goto to / then run "du -sh * | grep G" this will show you size of all, next look for very odd sized folder, normally this is VAR bcz of logs (as per my past experience), then goto the odd sized folder using cd, then again perform the same task "du -sh *" by doing this you will to know the exact point bcz of which filesystem got 100%.

Or you can always use find command to find files larger then particular size.
use "man find"