topic Re: Root filesystem 100% full in Operating System - HP-UX

Root filesystem 100% full

Jeffrey Mulliken — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 19:24:05 GMT

Hey there guru's. Is there an easy remedy for this problem? I've googled on this quite a bit, and I haven't seen anything definitive on 11.11i. Can the root filesystem being extended without the use of a boot tape? I think that this system is choking in other ways because of this. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks, Jeff.

Re: Root filesystem 100% full

Hein van den Heuvel — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 19:55:18 GMT

I likee gogle a bunch, but for hpux questions maybe your first try should be this forum with its search, and notably its 'advanced search' (= "more options")

This question was raised dozens of times, and even in the last two days:

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http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=625357
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http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=624564

hth,
Hein.

Re: Root filesystem 100% full

Ted Buis — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 16:40:32 GMT

No it can't be easily extended, which is why nothing should be added directly to root other than mount points to other file systems that can.

Re: Root filesystem 100% full

Michael Tully — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 16:59:22 GMT

Not without a boot I'm afraid. The idea of / is to remain stagnant. There is rarely a need to make changes to it. If it fills up, it probably a mistaken backup or an archive placed somewhere accidently. The post link already given has some excellent instructions.