I eventually found the culprit after a 'du -h /dev' ..found a file '/dev/sd2' there with 937M! No idea how or what I had done to create it, but my guess is it was whilst learning how to properly mount devices. Anyway, I deleted it. All fine and back to normal. System working fine.
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: root partition is 105%, what will happen if I just leave it? Local Time: March 6, 2016 11:47 AM UTC Time: March 6, 2016 11:47 AM From: es...@nerim.net To: s...@protonmail.com CC: misc@openbsd.org On Sat, Mar 05, 2016 at 11:49:37AM -0500, Nick wrote: > Hello, > > I used the default partition layout when I set up this system (5.8 - CD > release) a few weeks ago.. > > Just realised after a 'du -h' that the root partition is at 105%.. Now, I > know that OpenBSD has a safeguard in place of 5% of partition capacity for > scenarios like these and I of course have hit thatmax extra 5%.. question is, > what happens if I were to not try to expand the partition - what problems > might I start facing? i.e. Could I afford to be lazy until 5.9 is sent out. Did you get some kind of crash ? the simplest culprit is lost+found.
