On Sat, 2005-05-14 at 03:37 +0000, James wrote:
> I had not emerged a gentoo system for a while now / is filled up.
> 
> Looking for large files to remove, I found in /proc:
> 
> -r--------   1 root   root   1073672192 May 13 22:31 kcore
>  
> 
> I guess this is not a good file to remove?
> 
> Kernel images are only this big:
> -rw-------  1 root root 2298699 Apr 30 00:17 kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r6B
> 
> 
> the kcore file is killing a 500 M partion.


bollocks, /proc is a figment of the kernel's imagination, a virtual
filesystem, it takes up no room on your hard drive.

cd /
du --max-depth=1|sort -n

keep drilling down to the biggest directories.

> 
> Ideas on what to do?
> 
> 
> James
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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