Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3 Partition

2009-05-04 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 4 May 2009 22:12:17 +0200, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > That won't pick up space wasted by files occupying space in > > directories that are used as mount points. > > How often does that happen? Not very often, but it happens in a significant proportion of the times the root partition fil

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3 Partition

2009-05-04 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Montag, 4. Mai 2009 19:47:45 schrieb Neil Bothwick: > On Mon, 4 May 2009 18:31:06 +0200, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > > #mount -o bind / /mnt/root > > > #du -max-dep=1 > > > > Or just forget about the useless bind-mount and add "-x" to the "du" > > command. > > That won't pick up space wasted by f

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3 Partition

2009-05-04 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 4 May 2009 11:54:18 -0400, John covici wrote: > What I would really like to do is get rid of everything except the > most recent compile of each program in /var/log/portage -- anyone have > a script to do that? Why not delete everything over a week or two old? Once the package is installe

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3 Partition

2009-05-04 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 4 May 2009 18:31:06 +0200, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > #mount -o bind / /mnt/root > > #du -max-dep=1 > > Or just forget about the useless bind-mount and add "-x" to the "du" > command. That won't pick up space wasted by files occupying space in directories that are used as mount points.

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3 Partition

2009-05-04 Thread John covici
on Monday 05/04/2009 Mick(michaelkintz...@gmail.com) wrote > On Monday 04 May 2009, John covici wrote: > > on Monday 05/04/2009 Philipp Riegger(li...@anderedomain.de) wrote > > > > > You'd be amazed how much junk collects in /var/log/portage over time > > > > > > Or in /var/log. Logrotate

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3 Partition

2009-05-04 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Montag, 4. Mai 2009 16:02:39 schrieb Platoali: > Try to remount route on another directory and check which directory is > using so much. I had a similar problem asked this a couple of month before > on this mailing list. They gave this commands: > > #mount -o bind / /mnt/root > #du -max-dep=1

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3 Partition

2009-05-04 Thread Mick
On Monday 04 May 2009, John covici wrote: > on Monday 05/04/2009 Philipp Riegger(li...@anderedomain.de) wrote > > > You'd be amazed how much junk collects in /var/log/portage over time > > > > Or in /var/log. Logrotate helps there and /var/log/portage can be > > cleaned up by a script that com

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3 Partition

2009-05-04 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 4 May 2009 12:56:05 +, Marco wrote: > I am new to gentoo and so far I really like it. But now, I am running > out of disk space on my root partition (10 GB), although I have a > rather small system with fluxbox (no KDE, GNOME,...). Thought gentoo > would not waste my resources that muc

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3 Partition

2009-05-04 Thread John covici
on Monday 05/04/2009 Philipp Riegger(li...@anderedomain.de) wrote > > On Mon, 2009-05-04 at 17:02 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > >> I'd look to see what is filling up the root partition, 10GB should be > > > >> more than enough. > > > > > > > > Good tip! cd /usr/src/linux and make clean g

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3 Partition

2009-05-04 Thread Marco
On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Andrew MacKenzie wrote: > +++ Marco [gentoo-user] [Mon, May 04, 2009 at 12:56:05PM +]: [...] > Just to be sure you checked - Gentoo keeps temporary files in > /var/tmp/portage/ (build temp location, sometimes things get left here) and > /usr/portage/distfiles/ (

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3 Partition

2009-05-04 Thread Marco
On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 4 May 2009 12:56:05 +, Marco wrote: [..] > I'd look to see what is filling up the root partition, 10GB should be more > than enough. Good tip! cd /usr/src/linux and make clean gave me back 2 GB.

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3 Partition

2009-05-04 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Marco wrote: > On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Mon, 4 May 2009 12:56:05 +, Marco wrote: > > [..] > >> I'd look to see what is filling up the root partition, 10GB should be more >> than enough. > > Good tip! cd /usr/src/linux and make

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3 Partition

2009-05-04 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
+++ Marco [gentoo-user] [Mon, May 04, 2009 at 12:56:05PM +]: > I am new to gentoo and so far I really like it. But now, I am running > out of disk space on my root partition (10 GB), although I have a > rather small system with fluxbox (no KDE, GNOME,...). Thought gentoo > would not waste my re

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3 Partition

2009-05-04 Thread Philipp Riegger
On Mon, 2009-05-04 at 17:02 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > >> I'd look to see what is filling up the root partition, 10GB should be > > >> more than enough. > > > > > > Good tip! cd /usr/src/linux and make clean gave me back 2 GB. > > > > Also unmerge old unneeded kernels and remove leftovers fro

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3 Partition

2009-05-04 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday 04 May 2009 16:57:06 Paul Hartman wrote: > On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Marco wrote: > > On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > >> On Mon, 4 May 2009 12:56:05 +, Marco wrote: > > > > [..] > > > >> I'd look to see what is filling up the root partition, 10GB should

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3 Partition

2009-05-04 Thread Arttu V.
On 5/4/09, Marco wrote: > On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Andrew MacKenzie > wrote: >> +++ Marco [gentoo-user] [Mon, May 04, 2009 at 12:56:05PM +]: > [...] >> Just to be sure you checked - Gentoo keeps temporary files in >> /var/tmp/portage/ (build temp location, sometimes things get left her

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3 Partition

2009-05-04 Thread Platoali
On Do shanbe 14 Ordibehesht 1388 18:22:19 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 4 May 2009 12:56:05 +, Marco wrote: > > I am new to gentoo and so far I really like it. But now, I am running > > out of disk space on my root partition (10 GB), although I have a > > rather small system with fluxbox (no K

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3 Partition

2009-05-04 Thread Masood Ahmed
Marco writes: > Hi all, > > I am new to gentoo and so far I really like it. But now, I am running > out of disk space on my root partition (10 GB), although I have a > rather small system with fluxbox (no KDE, GNOME,...). Thought gentoo > would not waste my resources that much. Now I am thinking

[gentoo-user] Resizing ext3 Partition

2009-05-04 Thread Marco
Hi all, I am new to gentoo and so far I really like it. But now, I am running out of disk space on my root partition (10 GB), although I have a rather small system with fluxbox (no KDE, GNOME,...). Thought gentoo would not waste my resources that much. Now I am thinking about how to resize my ext3

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3

2005-07-20 Thread charlyghislain
On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 14:19:47 +0200, James Hiscock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi James Just for clarification, I'm not the one trying to resize an ext3 partition: Bruno is... You can make your ext3 an ext2 partition by removing the "has_journal" feature (tune2fs -O ^has_journal /dev/partit

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3

2005-07-20 Thread charlyghislain
On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 14:19:47 +0200, James Hiscock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi James Just for clarification, I'm not the one trying to resize an ext3 partition: Bruno is... You can make your ext3 an ext2 partition by removing the "has_journal" feature (tune2fs -O ^has_journal /dev/partit

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3

2005-07-20 Thread James Hiscock
> Hi James Just for clarification, I'm not the one trying to resize an ext3 partition: Bruno is... > You can make your ext3 an ext2 partition by > removing the "has_journal" feature (tune2fs -O ^has_journal > /dev/partition). ...and your advice was similar to the advice I gave him (but you ac

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3

2005-07-20 Thread charly ghislain
On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 07:00:09 +0200, Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: James Hiscock wrote: i think the line Filesystem features: has_journal resize_inode filetype needs_recovery can help me, but i dont know how... any idea about wich feature i can desable ? Hi James Im new t

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3

2005-07-19 Thread Richard Fish
James Hiscock wrote: i think the line Filesystem features: has_journal resize_inode filetype needs_recovery can help me, but i dont know how... any idea about wich feature i can desable ? I think you're right, but as I said, I'm kinda out of my depth, now. ...but, you may want to pa

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3

2005-07-19 Thread James Hiscock
> i think the line > Filesystem features: has_journal resize_inode filetype needs_recovery > can help me, but i dont know how... any idea about wich feature i can > desable ? I think you're right, but as I said, I'm kinda out of my depth, now. ...but, you may want to pay attention to that "n

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3

2005-07-19 Thread Bruno Gola
James Hiscock wrote: >>It stills in trouble (with -C it does not work, so i tryied man tune2fs >>and i found out that it should be -O)... any idea ? >> >> > >My guess? I wrote down the wrong option. Wouldn't really >surprise me - I tend to reply to these things first thing in the >morning, an

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3

2005-07-19 Thread James Hiscock
> It stills in trouble (with -C it does not work, so i tryied man tune2fs > and i found out that it should be -O)... any idea ? My guess? I wrote down the wrong option. Wouldn't really surprise me - I tend to reply to these things first thing in the morning, and I'm rarely entirely awake. ;) > n

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3

2005-07-18 Thread Bruno Gola
James Hiscock wrote: >On 7/18/05, Bruno Gola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Error: File system has an incompatible feature enabled. >> >> > >1) Remove the journal from the ext3 partition using tune2fs: > tune2fs -C ^has_journal > >2) Resize using parted > >3) Add the journal back usi

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3

2005-07-18 Thread James Hiscock
On 7/18/05, Bruno Gola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Error: File system has an incompatible feature enabled. 1) Remove the journal from the ext3 partition using tune2fs: tune2fs -C ^has_journal 2) Resize using parted 3) Add the journal back using tune2fs: tune2fs -j See 'man tune2fs'

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3

2005-07-18 Thread Zac Medico
Bruno Gola wrote: and about the cd-writer, ive tried cdrecord -scanbus, and it appears my CD-writer there, but now, nothing appears... When cdrecord stops it just broke in my display, i cant exit it, just killing... it stops something like that: ATAPI 1: and stops (ive already wait for 1

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3

2005-07-18 Thread Richard Fish
Bruno Gola wrote: Any way to resize a ext3 partition ? I'm trying with parted: I guess you'll have to do it manually with resize2fs and fdisk. Just read the man page carefully, and think of it as a 2 or 3-step process: Growing: 1. use fdisk to grow the partition first. 2. use resi

[gentoo-user] Resizing ext3

2005-07-18 Thread Bruno Gola
Any way to resize a ext3 partition ? I'm trying with parted: br ~ # parted /dev/hdb resize 1 Start? [32kB]? End? [80GB]? 70GB Error: File system has an incompatible feature enabled

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3 and burning cds...

2005-07-17 Thread Bruno Gola
Bruno Gola wrote: >Zac Medico wrote: > > > >>Bruno Gola wrote: >> >> >> >>>About the cd-writer, ive tried with cdrecord (command line) but, it >>>stills stop.. i dont know what could it be.. any idea? >>> >>> >>> >>What output does cdrecord give before it stops? Does cdrecord >>actual

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3 and burning cds...

2005-07-17 Thread Bruno Gola
Zac Medico wrote: > Bruno Gola wrote: > >> >> About the cd-writer, ive tried with cdrecord (command line) but, it >> stills stop.. i dont know what could it be.. any idea? >> > > What output does cdrecord give before it stops? Does cdrecord > actually exit or does it just hang? Try it with the -

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3 and burning cds...

2005-07-17 Thread Zac Medico
Bruno Gola wrote: About the cd-writer, ive tried with cdrecord (command line) but, it stills stop.. i dont know what could it be.. any idea? What output does cdrecord give before it stops? Does cdrecord actually exit or does it just hang? Try it with the -v option. Zac -- gentoo-user@gent

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3 and burning cds...

2005-07-17 Thread Nick Rout
It would be worth checking permissions & ownership on the cd writer device. On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 19:49:17 -0300 Bruno Gola wrote: > About the cd-writer, ive tried with cdrecord (command line) but, it > stills stop.. i dont know what could it be.. any idea? > > I will reply after the e2fsck finish

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3 and burning cds...

2005-07-17 Thread Bruno Gola
Zac Medico wrote: > Bruno Gola wrote: > >> Hi guys, does anyone know any way to resize a ext3 partition? i'm trying >> QTparted (parted) and i can't... when i try with qtparted it just does >> not let me resize it, and with parted (text mode) it complains: >> >> br ~ # parted /dev/hdb resize 1 >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ext3 and burning cds...

2005-07-17 Thread Zac Medico
Bruno Gola wrote: Hi guys, does anyone know any way to resize a ext3 partition? i'm trying QTparted (parted) and i can't... when i try with qtparted it just does not let me resize it, and with parted (text mode) it complains: br ~ # parted /dev/hdb resize 1 Start? [32kB]?

[gentoo-user] Resizing ext3 and burning cds...

2005-07-17 Thread Bruno Gola
Hi guys, does anyone know any way to resize a ext3 partition? i'm trying QTparted (parted) and i can't... when i try with qtparted it just does not let me resize it, and with parted (text mode) it complains: br ~ # parted /dev/hdb resize 1 Start? [32kB]?