Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:34:12 +1000 From: Colin Yuile <colin@ips.gov.au> To: Hartleigh Burton <hartleigh.burton@destra.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: a monster stole my / Message-ID: <20080429153412.fa5e75b6.colin@ips.gov.au> In-Reply-To: <8176B9AB-92B0-4150-9127-C41D79D0E7C4@destra.com> References: <8176B9AB-92B0-4150-9127-C41D79D0E7C4@destra.com>
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On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:40:09 +1000 Hartleigh Burton <hartleigh.burton@destra.com> wrote: > Hiya! > > I have a problem with / currently being at 108% capacity. I have found > a previous thread in the archives which explains a few questions but I > can't find what is taking up all the additional space. At best without > destroying what I still do not understand I can manage to get / to > about 101% capacity. > > To answer a couple of potential questions straight up, there is > nothing in /root and /tmp is on a separate partition. > > intranet# df -h > Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > /dev/da0s1a 989M 986M -76M 108% / > devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev > /dev/da0s1e 989M 216K 910M 0% /tmp > /dev/da0s1f 58G 4.8G 48G 9% /usr > /dev/da0s1d 4.8G 2.2G 2.3G 49% /var > /dev/da1p1 3.3T 682G 2.4T 22% /db > devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /var/named/dev > > intranet# du -h -d1 > 2.0K ./.snap > 1.5K ./dev > 218K ./tmp > 4.8G ./usr > 2.2G ./var > 1.7M ./etc > 2.0K ./cdrom > 2.0K ./dist > 1.1M ./bin > 71M ./boot > 4.4M ./lib > 360K ./libexec > 2.0K ./media > 512B ./net > 2.0K ./proc > 3.8M ./rescue > 26K ./root > 4.1M ./sbin > 512B ./host > 682G ./db > 689G . > > > > If I move the old kernel/GENERIC files from /boot I can manage to get > back to 101%, I really have no idea where the rest of the space has > gone though. Is there any way to locate large files on a specific > partition? > > I did have a problem not too long ago where my /db array did not mount > and MySQL managed to recreate the default/sample database on /db/ > mysql, could this default database be somewhere else on / while the / > db array problem was fixed? > > *scratches head* > It is possible that you have mounted a filesystem onto a non empty directory. The stuff in the dir used as a mount point will be hidden by the mount. Colin
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