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Re: partition reporting full, but not

From <tomas@tuxteam.de>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: partition reporting full, but not
Date 2024-02-17 07:10 +0100
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On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 09:52:22PM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 17, 2024 at 01:38:56PM +1100, Keith Bainbridge wrote:
> >   >> sudo df -h /
> > Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> > /dev/sda3        36G   35G  100M 100% /
> 
> First off: you don't need sudo for this, ever.
> 
> Second: what kind of file system is this?
> 
> > sudo du -hPx --max-depth=1 /
> > 0	/mnt
> > 181M	/boot
> > 15M	/etc
> > 0	/media
> > 236M	/opt
> > 336K	/root
> > 0	/srv
> > 4.0K	/tmp
> > 8.1G	/usr
> > 726M	/var
> > 9.2G	/
> 
> So I guess the question is "Where's the rest of that 35 G used data?"
> 
> Conspicuously missing from this output is /home.  Is that a separate
> file system?  If so, you *could* have data inside the /home directory
> of the root file system, which is hidden by the /home file system that's
> mounted over it.  You'd need to unmount /home to check.  It's not a
> super probable situation, but it's worth checking.

Absolutely. What I miss, too, is lost+found (not every file system has
that,i though).

> The same applies to any other directory that's got a file system mounted
> on it.

Yes, looking "under" the mounts is a very good idea.

> Or... it could be some bizarre btrfs crap.  If this is a btrfs.

We're all curious :-)

Cheers
-- 
t

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        Re: partition reporting full, but not Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2024-02-17 22:10 +0100
          Re: partition reporting full, but not Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-02-17 22:10 +0100
            Re: partition reporting full, but not Cindy Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2024-02-17 23:20 +0100
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                Re: partition reporting full, but not Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2024-02-20 08:50 +0100
                Re: partition reporting full, but not <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-02-20 09:40 +0100
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                Re: partition reporting full, but not <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-02-20 11:40 +0100
                Re: partition reporting full, but not Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2024-02-20 20:50 +0100
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                Re: partition reporting full, but not Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2024-02-21 00:50 +0100
                Re: partition reporting full, but not Keith Bainbridge <keithrbau@gmail.com> - 2024-02-21 02:30 +0100
                Re: partition reporting full, but not <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-02-21 06:50 +0100
                Re: partition reporting full, but not Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2024-02-21 01:40 +0100
                Re: partition reporting full, but not Keith Bainbridge <keithrbau@gmail.com> - 2024-02-21 02:00 +0100
                Re: partition reporting full, but not Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2024-02-21 02:20 +0100
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                Re: partition reporting full, but not "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2024-02-20 12:40 +0100
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              Re: partition reporting full, but not <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-02-19 06:50 +0100
              Re: partition reporting full, but not David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-02-19 08:40 +0100
                Re: partition reporting full, but not debian-user@howorth.org.uk - 2024-02-19 12:30 +0100
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            Re: partition reporting full, but not David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-02-21 19:40 +0100
          Re: partition reporting full, but not Keith Bainbridge <keithrbau@gmail.com> - 2024-02-19 03:50 +0100
          Re: partition reporting full, but not Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2024-02-19 03:50 +0100
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