> -----Original Message----- > From: ext3-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ext3-users- > bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bruno Wolff III > Sent: 01/07/2009 13:19 > To: Adam Flott > Cc: ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Incorrect disk usage size > > On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 18:37:41 -0600, > Adam Flott <adam@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > After an aptitude safe-upgrade of Debian's testing (as of today) my > root file > > system (ext3) seems to have "filled up" and I'm not sure how to get > Linux to > > correctly report the used size. > > Are you aware that there is space in file systems reserved for use only > by > root? That may explain your confusion. > > The purpose of the reserve is to allow a sysadm to allow some things to > keep > working even if a normal user fills up a file system. > > The size of the reserve on ext2/3 file systems can be changed with > tune2fs. Your problem is probably files in /var, not necessary over 1GB in size. I don't know where Debian saves packages downloaded via apt, but yum for example has a /var/cache/yum and you can run "yum clean packages". I would expect apt to have something similar. _______________________________________________ Ext3-users mailing list Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
