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From: Eivind Eklund <perhaps@yes.no>
To: David Clopton <clopton@bellsouth.net>
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In-reply-to: David Clopton's message of Sat, 27 Sep 1997 20:52:39 -0400
Subject: Re: Full Disk
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>  I have just installed 2.2.2 on 500meg partition. /usr is 60% full
> var 20%.  I get messages that disk is full and cannot download to my
> disk. I removed some packages but /dev/wd0a is 109% full.  I must be
> missing something simple because I know my disk space is not
> full. Is this a swap space? Where can I look to find info on disk
> space etc.

/dev/wd0a is usually mounted as /.
Try

# mv /compat /usr/compat
# ln -s /usr/compat /compat

if you have compatiblity libaries installed; likewise, moving /tmp off
that partition might be a Good Thing.

Eivind.