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/dev/root file system full

Juquin_3 — Mon, 01 Dec 2003 05:18:56 GMT

Hi ,

#dmesg => vxfs : mesg 001 /dev/root file system full (1 block extent)
but #bdf /dev/root = 90 %.
There is not a core file in / , /etc/fstab and /etc/mnntab is good.
Is the File system / corrupted ? How can i resolve this problem?
Thanks

Re: /dev/root file system full

Thierry Poels_1 — Mon, 01 Dec 2003 05:23:19 GMT

Hi,

search for large files in the root filesystem:

find / -xdev -size +1000000c -exec ll -d {} \;

good luck,
Thierry.

Re: /dev/root file system full

Sunil Sharma_1 — Mon, 01 Dec 2003 05:25:39 GMT

Hi,

Check /dev directory for some big file.
specially /dev/rmt

sunil

Re: /dev/root file system full

john korterman — Mon, 01 Dec 2003 05:25:55 GMT

Hi,
dmesg shows that at a certain time since last reboot, your root file system was full. The message does not go away from dmesg when the problem is solved, which it apparently has been, as your dbf reports 90%.
If you boot the message will go away and the dmesg buffer will start collecting new messages. So there is probably no problem right now.

regards,
John K.

Re: /dev/root file system full

KapilRaj — Mon, 01 Dec 2003 05:54:25 GMT

I will try,

mv /etc/mnttab /etc/mnttab.old.`date +%m%d%y`

mount -a
bdf

Kaps

Re: /dev/root file system full

MarkSyder — Mon, 01 Dec 2003 11:16:07 GMT

Hi Juquin,

If you still have a problem following reboot it may be worth trying the following command (after first cding into the affected directory):

du -k|sort -k1,1nr|pg

This will show you which sub-directories are taking up the most disc space. This is where you're likely to find large files to get rid of.

Mark Syder (like the drink but spelt different)

Re: /dev/root file system full

doug mielke — Mon, 01 Dec 2003 12:44:03 GMT

... and if it turns out that you are truly out of space, a quick alternative is to move some large files or directories to another filesystem, then put links to the new location from root with the

ln -s

command.
( sloppy and not as fast, but works in a pinch)

then, when you have time, an ignite copy and reboot, increase size of /