Again, the original question was: my file system is reporting a full stat
even though I appear to have 20MB free on my / directory.
Further thoughts on this matter today are:
1) try putting 'df' statements in rc.local to track disk space at bootup
2) hidden file may be created on / partition during bootup - see 1) above
3) boot in single-user mode to test drive space for accuracy
Thanks to all who have continued to help out.
I seem to have solved the problem in the meantime. How, I'm not sure,
but I'm pleased it is resolved for the meantime. I took these steps:
1) booted in single-user mode
2) ran fsck (returned no errors)
3) deleted all core files on drive (gfind . -name core -exec rm {} \;)
^^^ p.s. this is dangerous if some files you're using are named core
4) popped into the /tmp directory and typed "rm -fr *"
^^^ again, could be dangerous on some systems - but shouldn't be since
after all, you're supposed to use /tmp for temporary use only
This worked for me, although my / directory reported that only about 200K of
space was reclaimed, mostly from my /tmp directory purge.
Cheers,
Steve |President & Systems Administrator, Kingston Online Services
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