From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 16 17:00:01 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E776916A403 for ; Wed, 16 May 2007 17:00:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E94313C45E for ; Wed, 16 May 2007 17:00:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l4GGoUhT008101; Wed, 16 May 2007 09:50:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1/Submit) id l4GGoIW5008100; Wed, 16 May 2007 09:50:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline) Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 09:50:18 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Matthew Seaman Message-ID: <20070516165018.GA7976@thought.org> References: <40751.64.117.137.69.1179254999.squirrel@webmail.ifxnw.cl> <20070514031111.GC1304@thought.org> <464A97F2.6000704@infracaninophile.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <464A97F2.6000704@infracaninophile.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing twenty years of service to the Unix community Cc: Gary Kline , Daniel Molina Wegener , Ross Penner , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: File System errors X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 17:00:02 -0000 On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 06:34:42AM +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > Gary Kline wrote: > > > I booted into single-user ("press 4") and got rid of tons of junk > > left in /var/tmp. Then I did a mount -a and and fsck -y. > > But not in that order. fsck -y *first*, then mount -a, then start > removing files from /var/tmp. > Well, my DNS server ran out of space and when I was able to bring it back up, only / was mounted. I was able to rm things from /var and /tmp to give me some assurance of a regular boot. Yes, before I did my first set of file unlinks I did fsck -y /; it was the only thing mounted. I'm usually pretty disciplined about / having enough space. Not this time... . gary > Matthew > > - -- > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard > Flat 3 > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate > Kent, CT11 9PW > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (FreeBSD) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFGSpfy8Mjk52CukIwRCPsuAJsFQwT+G5APT3a4XccFcmODfYXMlQCfYCQR > BI5cpzCkfYKOkFfSCGo9HvQ= > =VlWP > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix