>>>>> Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglas...@affinityvision.com.au> writes:
>>>>> Lisi wrote:
>> I have no backup of my /. Yes, I know. I deserve everything I've
>> got. But now that I have been given my just deserts, can any kind
>> soul come to my rescue? I would be so grateful.... I may, of course,
>> just have to reinstall. :-(
> A few areas to have a quick look at (if they are part of your root
> fs)...
> /dev -- there could be a "device" you tried to use somehow and
> instead of using the device, because it wasn't there, it created a
> "normal" file.
> /var -- there are some cache areas here, perhaps using heaps by
> aptitude? /var/cache/apt/archives
Good points. (Of course, assuming that either or both of /dev/
and /var/ are on the root filesystem.) For the latter case,
perhaps # apt-get autoclean (or even # apt-get clean) may be
both helpful and reasonably safe.
> /tmp
As a matter of personal preference, I'm using tmpfs for /tmp,
like:
$ grep -F /tmp /etc/fstab
tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults 0 0
Given that I'll also allocate at least a few GiB's of disk space
for the swap (yet another personal preference), there could be a
plenty of temporary space under my /tmp/'s.
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