[Gllug] ext3 filesystem suddenly full

[- Tethys]

On 6/21/07, Ken Smith <kens at kensnet.org> wrote:

> /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 17G   17G     0 100% /
>
> Totaling up the contents of the directories in / with 'du' I can account for 5.1G's
> worth. So where has over 11G's worth of stuff, that I can't find, come from?

If it's not in any of the subdirectories, then you must have either a)
filesystem corruption, or b) a massive file or two in your root
directory. Try looking for hidden file. Or if there's nothing visible
in the filesystem any more, check that a running process isn't holding
a huge file open.

Tet

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