| Posted by whocky, 09-10-2011, 05:41 PM | | Hi all
Im installing some software on my new dedicated server and for some reason im now getting an error saying that theres no space left on device.
Im running cento5 and when running this command df -h im getting:
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda5 2.0G 2.0G 0 100% /
/dev/sda8 871G 340M 826G 1% /home
/dev/sda3 9.7G 2.2G 7.1G 24% /usr
/dev/sda2 9.7G 321M 8.9G 4% /var
/dev/sda1 99M 18M 76M 19% /boot
/dev/sda6 996M 34M 911M 4% /tmp
tmpfs 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% /dev/shm
Now im persuming its because it must be using /dev/sda5 so how do i get around this? how do i delete stuff from sda5? or better still can i install it on any of the other partitions?
Hope someone can help
Thanks
Steve
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| Posted by whocky, 09-10-2011, 05:43 PM | | keep getting errors like: Cannot write to `mono-2.10.4.tar.bz2' (No space left on device).
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| Posted by whocky, 09-10-2011, 05:47 PM | | Also the server is running kloxo if thats any help
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| Posted by relichost, 09-10-2011, 05:48 PM | | Hi
2 gig for / is way too small. its most likely your programs and OS you have installed.
unless you can resize your partitions its a re install job with less space in /home and more in /
Thanks
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| Posted by whocky, 09-10-2011, 05:53 PM | | Hi
So how do i make / bigger? is there a command i can run to resize?
Thanks
Steve
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| Posted by relichost, 09-10-2011, 05:56 PM | | Hi
you'd have to reduce /home then resize / but as you cant do this when the system is running and the partitions mounted you'd need to boot with a liveCD and KVM into it and do it (assuming its colo'd)
if you want to see whats using /
you could do
cd /
du -h --max-depth=1
the drill down into the folders that have lots of usage.
Thanks
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| Posted by whocky, 09-10-2011, 06:02 PM | | Hi
This is the output of du -h --max-depth=1
48K ./.gconf
156K ./kloxo-install
48K ./.subversion
16K ./.gconfd
1.1G .
So whats using the 1.1G? how can i free it up?
thanks for your help
Steve
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| Posted by relichost, 09-10-2011, 06:04 PM | | Hi
Are you sure you did
cd / ---- first ?
also ls -al (will show you what else is in the dir you did that in)
Thanks
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| Posted by whocky, 09-10-2011, 06:08 PM | | Hi
Sorry the output of
cd /
du -h --max-depth=1
is
172M ./var
39M ./sbin
8.0K ./selinux
16K ./tmp
2.3G ./usr
8.0K ./media
8.7M ./bin
140M ./home
103M ./etc
0 ./misc
4.0K ./.trash
4.0K ./command
29M ./lib64
0 ./sys
4.0K ./service
8.0K ./srv
8.0K ./mnt
16K ./lost+found
534M ./opt
272K ./script
152K ./dev
0 ./net
1.1G ./root
235M ./lib
13M ./boot
0 ./proc
4.5G .
What can i free up? and how?
Thanks
Steve
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| Posted by Martin-D, 09-10-2011, 06:14 PM | | Delete any crap in /root.
Also, check for old kernels and remove them as they take up some space:
rpm -qa ¦ grep kernel
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| Posted by whocky, 09-10-2011, 06:22 PM | | Hi Martin
when i go into cd / and run du -h --max-depth=1
how do i get into the root directory? also is there stuff i shouldnt delete from this directory?
thanks
Steve
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| Posted by Martin-D, 09-10-2011, 06:25 PM | | cd /root will get you there. dont darted anything you're unsure of however its likely there's nothing important there.
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| Posted by whocky, 09-10-2011, 06:27 PM | | Hi
When im running the command cd /root its putting in the same place i was so im guessing i get put in the root directory as soon as i login to ssh?
If thats the case then how do i whats there so i can pick and choose what to delete?
Thanks
Steve
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| Posted by Martin-D, 09-10-2011, 06:31 PM | | cd /root
ls -lah will show you what's there and the size of the files.
...I'd suggest reading up on Linux and how to use it. These are all very basic commands that even the least experienced 'admin' should know.
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| Posted by whocky, 09-10-2011, 06:35 PM | | Hi martin
Yeah im sort of self learning and reading on the way, its the way i learn best
Thanks
Steve
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| Posted by ssfred, 09-11-2011, 12:14 AM | | Hello
If you logged in to the server as "root" through ssh, you will be in /root. Execute the command "ls -alh " and then remove the files which are not necessary. I would suggest you to perform a reinstall with a bigger "/" if possible, to avoid such issues in future.
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