Comments on: Troubleshooting a maxed out Linux hard drive http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/29/troubleshooting-a-maxed-out-linux-hard-drive/ A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:08:06 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: jmqwerty http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/29/troubleshooting-a-maxed-out-linux-hard-drive/#comment-809996 jmqwerty Sun, 31 May 2009 12:25:07 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=13156#comment-809996 what we need is a script(perl or bash) that will go through the files and delete all the 'copying',notes,authors, todo, new, and other entitled duplicated files in linux, collect them and delete them automatically then we can pick up an emergency couple of megabyte as one step in a cleanup system what we need is a script(perl or bash) that will go through the files and delete all the ‘copying’,notes,authors, todo, new, and other entitled duplicated files in linux, collect them and delete them automatically
then we can pick up an emergency couple of megabyte as one step in a cleanup system

]]> By: techandlife http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/29/troubleshooting-a-maxed-out-linux-hard-drive/#comment-808551 techandlife Sat, 30 May 2009 12:48:03 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=13156#comment-808551 Very useful troubleshooting case history. As a noob, I'll add it to my slowly growing knowledge base. Thanks Very useful troubleshooting case history. As a noob, I’ll add it to my slowly growing knowledge base. Thanks

]]> By: linuxeventually http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/29/troubleshooting-a-maxed-out-linux-hard-drive/#comment-808094 linuxeventually Sat, 30 May 2009 04:02:26 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=13156#comment-808094 There are major bugs associated with lack of space in Linux. These issues apply in Windows as well but are worse in Linux in my experience. By default most distros allocate 5% of the / partition to the user root for "file-system recovery" which in my experience has caused the problem in the first place. Additionally settings in the home directory (compiz, nautlius, gnome, etc.) will be wiped. I've even had modules removed forcing reinstallation for less "from sratch"-oriented distros. Yeah I have run into this problem A LOT because I multiboot and have a 40gb 1.8" harddrive in my laptop. My recent 320gb modular second hdd project should help in the future but this is a serious issue that has been around forever and seems to be ignored by the devs. And yeah $ du -sh and $df -h are useful for monitoring disk usage. Graphically gdmap (a clone of sequioaview) works wonders. Baobab on the other hand is crap. There are major bugs associated with lack of space in Linux. These issues apply in Windows as well but are worse in Linux in my experience. By default most distros allocate 5% of the / partition to the user root for “file-system recovery” which in my experience has caused the problem in the first place. Additionally settings in the home directory (compiz, nautlius, gnome, etc.) will be wiped. I’ve even had modules removed forcing reinstallation for less “from sratch”-oriented distros. Yeah I have run into this problem A LOT because I multiboot and have a 40gb 1.8″ harddrive in my laptop. My recent 320gb modular second hdd project should help in the future but this is a serious issue that has been around forever and seems to be ignored by the devs.

And yeah
$ du -sh
and
$df -h
are useful for monitoring disk usage.
Graphically gdmap (a clone of sequioaview) works wonders. Baobab on the other hand is crap.

]]> By: gokudomatic http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/29/troubleshooting-a-maxed-out-linux-hard-drive/#comment-807769 gokudomatic Fri, 29 May 2009 21:37:28 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=13156#comment-807769 right. du -h would be the way to go when you search what's taking all the space. right. du -h would be the way to go when you search what’s taking all the space.

]]> By: Ralph http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/29/troubleshooting-a-maxed-out-linux-hard-drive/#comment-807726 Ralph Fri, 29 May 2009 20:48:56 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=13156#comment-807726 du -h works well, also du -h works well, also

]]> By: jack http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/29/troubleshooting-a-maxed-out-linux-hard-drive/#comment-807710 jack Fri, 29 May 2009 20:34:42 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=13156#comment-807710 gt5 is an outstanding tool. if you could specify specific file sizes it would have been the perfect (and much easier) solution for this problem. (at least I don't believe you specify file size. if i am wrong please correct me.) gt5 is an outstanding tool. if you could specify specific file sizes it would have been the perfect (and much easier) solution for this problem.

(at least I don’t believe you specify file size. if i am wrong please correct me.)

]]> By: Adam B. http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/29/troubleshooting-a-maxed-out-linux-hard-drive/#comment-807622 Adam B. Fri, 29 May 2009 18:44:04 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=13156#comment-807622 I use gt5 (http://gt5.sourceforge.net/) to determine storage usage on my hard drive from the console. It's great. Run it in any directory, and it'll give you a breakdown of the storage usage of subdirectories. You can even navigate down the directory structure to find the exact folder. It's in the Ubuntu repositories, just "sudo apt-get install gt5". I use gt5 (http://gt5.sourceforge.net/) to determine storage usage on my hard drive from the console.

It’s great. Run it in any directory, and it’ll give you a breakdown of the storage usage of subdirectories. You can even navigate down the directory structure to find the exact folder.

It’s in the Ubuntu repositories, just “sudo apt-get install gt5″.

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