Too low free space

berkay · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 76

I looked at gtkdiskfree, which my linux partition /dev/hda3 has the capacity of 18 gb and used part is 15 gb... Question is how can I get information about which folders use how much space? In other words, I never expected that much disk usage since I only have 4-5 gb's music or maybe less, so isn't 10 gb too much for a system?

Thanks...

PS: Sorry for my English!

hw-tph · Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 7:07 pm Post subject:

Check your /usr/portage/distfiles directory. This is the directory to where source files are downloading and it can easily eat up a few gigs if you're not paying attention.

Also, the /var/log/ directory can fill up quickly with logs, especially if you run several network services. Look into log rotating, the "art" of archiving old logs to make room for new ones.

This is also one of the reasons having a separate partition for /var is generally considered a good idea.

If you run printers and/or a mail server, other directories like /var/spool can also fill up a lot.

Håkan

berkay · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 76

Thanks Hakan,

It must be safe to delete those files in /usr/portage/distfiles right? Because there are tons of tar.bz2's in that folder

In a few days I had to reinstall gentoo due to partition problems, should I make a different partition for /var... I don't want to create lots of partitions, but if creating a place for /var should increase systems performance and stability, I could make a partition for /var...

Thanks again

thepi · Guru Joined: 06 Jan 2004 Posts: 352 Location: Tokyo, Japan

berkay · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 76

Thanks for the suggestions but what happens if I delete files in /usr/portage/distfiles?

meteor · Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 8:03 pm Post subject:

berkay · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 76

Thanks a lot to all of you

I had 2 gb free, now it is 6.7 gb

berkay

darkhills · n00b Joined: 20 Apr 2004 Posts: 8