Diogene Laerce a écrit : >> >> mount --bind / /mnt >> du /mnt -hx --max-depth=1 [...] > After narrowing on /mnt, I found that the 55G comes from > /mnt/media/backup/backup. > > As I couldn't find which files or directories are involved in that > directory, I umount /mnt, deleted it all (rm -R /media/backup/backup) > and restarted the system.
You just deleted everything in the /backup directory of /dev/sdc1 mounted on /media/backup. I hope you had another backup or it did not contain anything important. > Then I mounted again the / to find out that under /mnt, the > /mnt/media/backup/backup still exists and everything in it too ??? Of course. You deleted files in /dev/sdc1, not in the root partition. > With the same result on the "du" command of course. > > It started to be kind of foggy around here.. ^^ > > I then : rm -R /mnt/media/backup/backup and get my whole space again. :) This time you deleted files in the root partition mounted on /mnt. >> And what is the meaning of "Go"? > > French for G No. G is the SI prefix for giga, and is the same in any language. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/53e8c5a9.3010...@plouf.fr.eu.org