[SunHELP] Netra X1 Filesystem Full

[Bruce Pullig]

Check /dev/rmt for improper use of tar/dump.   I've been able to free a lot 
of space before caused by other SysAdmins logging in as root and running:
tar cvf /dev/rmt/0nb ./stuff
Which will create a huge file, instead of dumping it to tape.

At 12:32 PM 11/6/2001, you wrote:
>On Tue, 2001-11-06 at 11:53, Steve Wingate wrote:
> > Oooh, I really wouldn't move a binary dir. There has to something else 
> you can move. How large is / and what's on it? I'm working quite happily 
> with a 100MB /.
>
>I am not doing that. I called Sun and they were most unhelpful: the tech
>did not know that /bin is really linked to /usr/bin.
>
>I just started going through filesystems figuring out which was mounted
>as root and what was not and then finding unneeded files and deleting
>them. I freed up 30% of the disk, which is not bad. I should probably
>also check the partition table to see if they left any unallocated
>space...
>
>Thanks for all the help!
>
>Ben Ricker
>System Administrator
>Wellinx, Inc.
>
> >
> > On 06 Nov 2001 10:09:06 -0600
> > "Ben Ricker" <bricker at wellinx.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Has anyone ever moved a directory like /bin to another partition and
> > > then made a linnk from /bin to the moved directory? I wonder if that
> > > will break anything?
> > >
> > > Ben Ricker
> > > System Administrator
> > > Wellinx.com
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, 2001-11-06 at 09:51, Fletcher, Joe wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Usual place to start checking is /var and further probably /var/adm 
> assuming
> > > > var in is / and has not been put in a partitin on it's own.
> > > >
> > > > Good hunting.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Ben Ricker [mailto:bricker at wellinx.com]
> > > > Sent: 6 November 2001 15:52
> > > > To: Sun Help List
> > > > Subject: [SunHELP] Netra X1 Filesystem Full
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > My root partition is full on a Netra X1 which was partitioned at the
> > > > factory (rather horribly, I might add). I know someone posted the find
> > > > command that will allow to sort large files. What was that again (I
> > > > searched SunHelp but no joy)?
> > > >
> > > > Also, there are a lot of stuff in /bin. How can find out what package
> > > > installed a given binary? I tried pkginfo piped through grep but 
> came up
> > > > empty. I started removing all the "foreign" language support but 
> that is
> > > > all in /usr, a separate partition.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Ben Ricker
> > > > System Administrator
> > > > Wellinx, Inc.
> > > >
> > > >
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> > |Steve Wingate <stevew at velosystems.net>                  310.544.9920 |
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   Bruce Pullig
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   Schlumberger Oil & Gas Information Solutions
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