Sorry I have a quasi-problem with her, so hope won't mind I following my questions here,
My / partition is also on the edge of saturation. But how do I know which files are in / partition? the /tmp /var are on other partitions. This is for sure. / != /root correct? root@debian:/home/lina# cd / root@debian:/# ls bin etc lib lost+found proc sbin srv usr boot home lib32 media root scratch sys var dev initrd.img lib64 mnt run selinux tmp vmlinuz Thanks, On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 11:26 PM, steef <[email protected]> wrote: > Lisi wrote: > >> I have accidentally filled something, that I shouldn't have,on my root >> directory, and have now got a 100% usage of the disk containing my /. This >> is >> causing me problems. (Now there's a surprise!!) >> >> 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. :-( >> >> Lisi >> >> hi lisi, > > log if possible in as root and clean up (with the commandline, maybe one of > the rm (-r) commands, tricky business) the / file. it should be working > again. > > kind regards and goodluck, > > steef > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > debian-user-REQUEST@lists.**debian.org<[email protected]>with > a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [email protected] > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/**[email protected]<http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]> > > -- Best Regards, lina

