how much space for /
sweetleaf
sweetleaf at myrealbox.com
Thu Jun 19 14:59:34 PDT 2003
well here is the output for /
# du -x
1 ./dev
2 ./home
2 ./private
2 ./tmp
2 ./usr
2 ./var
10 ./stand/etc/defaults
20 ./stand/etc
252 ./stand/help
2410 ./stand
96 ./etc/defaults
22 ./etc/X11
4 ./etc/gnats
52 ./etc/isdn
290 ./etc/mail
52 ./etc/mtree
16 ./etc/namedb
34 ./etc/pam.d
42 ./etc/periodic/daily
6 ./etc/periodic/monthly
42 ./etc/periodic/security
16 ./etc/periodic/weekly
108 ./etc/periodic
4 ./etc/ppp
268 ./etc/rc.d
2 ./etc/skel
106 ./etc/ssh
10 ./etc/ssl
1506 ./etc
2 ./cdrom
2 ./cdrom1
2 ./dist
7874 ./bin
18 ./boot/defaults
17778 ./boot/kernel
2 ./boot/modules
2 ./boot/kernel.old
18412 ./boot
2 ./mnt
2 ./proc
2 ./root/GNUstep/.AppInfo/WPrefs
4 ./root/GNUstep/.AppInfo/WindowMaker
8 ./root/GNUstep/.AppInfo
24 ./root/GNUstep/Defaults
2 ./root/GNUstep/Library/Icons
2 ./root/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/Styles
2 ./root/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/Themes
2 ./root/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/Backgrounds
2 ./root/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/IconSets
2 ./root/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/Pixmaps
2 ./root/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/Sounds
2 ./root/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/SoundSets
362 ./root/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker
366 ./root/GNUstep/Library
400 ./root/GNUstep
4 ./root/.ssh
2 ./root/.netscape
6 ./root/.fullcircle/NetscapeMozillaTrunkLinuxIntel2003061308
8 ./root/.fullcircle
74 ./root/.sylpheed/imapcache/imap.fastmail.fm/bsd_junkie/INBOX/Trash
6 ./root/.sylpheed/imapcache/imap.fastmail.fm/bsd_junkie/INBOX/Sent Items
6 ./root/.sylpheed/imapcache/imap.fastmail.fm/bsd_junkie/INBOX/Drafts
92 ./root/.sylpheed/imapcache/imap.fastmail.fm/bsd_junkie/INBOX
94 ./root/.sylpheed/imapcache/imap.fastmail.fm/bsd_junkie
6 ./root/.sylpheed/imapcache/imap.fastmail.fm/nealhamilton/INBOX/Drafts/save
12 ./root/.sylpheed/imapcache/imap.fastmail.fm/nealhamilton/INBOX/Drafts
6 ./root/.sylpheed/imapcache/imap.fastmail.fm/nealhamilton/INBOX/Trash
6 ./root/.sylpheed/imapcache/imap.fastmail.fm/nealhamilton/INBOX/Sent Items
50 ./root/.sylpheed/imapcache/imap.fastmail.fm/nealhamilton/INBOX
52 ./root/.sylpheed/imapcache/imap.fastmail.fm/nealhamilton
148 ./root/.sylpheed/imapcache/imap.fastmail.fm
24 ./root/.sylpheed/imapcache/imap.myrealbox.com/sweetleaf/INBOX
14 ./root/.sylpheed/imapcache/imap.myrealbox.com/sweetleaf/Sent
132 ./root/.sylpheed/imapcache/imap.myrealbox.com/sweetleaf/Trash
2 ./root/.sylpheed/imapcache/imap.myrealbox.com/sweetleaf/inbox
174 ./root/.sylpheed/imapcache/imap.myrealbox.com/sweetleaf
54 ./root/.sylpheed/imapcache/imap.myrealbox.com/taproot420/Trash
48 ./root/.sylpheed/imapcache/imap.myrealbox.com/taproot420/INBOX
22 ./root/.sylpheed/imapcache/imap.myrealbox.com/taproot420/save
26 ./root/.sylpheed/imapcache/imap.myrealbox.com/taproot420/Sent
152 ./root/.sylpheed/imapcache/imap.myrealbox.com/taproot420
328 ./root/.sylpheed/imapcache/imap.myrealbox.com
478 ./root/.sylpheed/imapcache
26 ./root/.sylpheed/newscache/netnews.attbi.com/comp.unix.bsd.freebsd
1692 ./root/.sylpheed/newscache/netnews.attbi.com
1694 ./root/.sylpheed/newscache
2 ./root/.sylpheed/mimetmp
4 ./root/.sylpheed/tmp
2 ./root/.sylpheed/uidl
2 ./root/.sylpheed/templates
4 ./root/.sylpheed/certs
2 ./root/.sylpheed/tempfolder/processing
4 ./root/.sylpheed/tempfolder
3524 ./root/.sylpheed
12 ./root/Mail/inbox
36 ./root/Mail/sent
8 ./root/Mail/queue
6 ./root/Mail/draft
56 ./root/Mail/trash
120 ./root/Mail
2 ./root/.cedit/.t
14 ./root/.cedit
10 ./root/.gnupg
2 ./root/.gkrellm2/plugins
2 ./root/.gkrellm2/themes
2 ./root/.gkrellm2/data/inet
8 ./root/.gkrellm2/data/net
14 ./root/.gkrellm2/data
28 ./root/.gkrellm2
2648 ./root/.axyftp
6 ./root/.IglooFTP/bookmarks
8 ./root/.IglooFTP/app_ass
2 ./root/.IglooFTP/FTQ
2 ./root/.IglooFTP/cache/RDC
2 ./root/.IglooFTP/cache/tmp
6 ./root/.IglooFTP/cache
30 ./root/.IglooFTP
2 ./root/.gftp/cache
24 ./root/.gftp
2 ./root/.secpanel/.runfiles
20 ./root/.secpanel
226990 ./root
24076 ./sbin
281305 .
#
so what it appears that . is the culprit, correct. I am still learning to read the du command.
Thanks in ./adv
On 19 Jun 2003 16:30:27 -0400
Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local at be-well.no-ip.com> wrote:
> sweetleaf <sweetleaf at myrealbox.com> writes:
>
> > When i installed freebsd-5.1, i stayed close to the recommended
> > partition sizes in the handbook. The faq. said 100 megabytes would
> > usually be enough for the / partition. I decided to install freebsd
> > with 300M for the / partition just to be on the safe side. The only
> > thing i have added since the original install is the linux
> > compatibility and some linux apps i needed such as netscape, opera
> > etc. Ok, now for some reason my / partition shows to be full and i
> > cant figure it out as like i said only a few apps have been
> > installed. It appears to me that after adding linux compatibility
> > the / partition went to full maybe because of the syslink "compat"
> > that was placed on my / partition by the freebsd-5.1 linux
> > compatibility port.
>
> No, /compat should be pointing off to your /usr partition, so it isn't
> using any significant space.
>
> The question is how to figure out where the space is going, because
> you do indeed have what *should* be plenty of space. Use "du -x" to
> figure out what's putting a lot of data on /.
>
> > Is there another way this should be done?
>
> Depends on how you use your box. For an average desktop, I'm not sure
> it's worth splitting up your partitions at all.
>
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