Re: partition reporting full, but not

From	Keith Bainbridge <keithrbau@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: partition reporting full, but not
Date	2024-02-19 00:30 +0100
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On 18/2/24 14:49, Keith Bainbridge wrote:
> 
> On 18/2/24 07:34, debian-user@howorth.org.uk wrote:
>> Keith Bainbridge <keithrbau@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Yes the / partitions are btrfs
>>
>> So the apparently missing space is perhaps taken up by btrfs snapshots.
>>
> 
> Seems to be the prime suspect.   If that's the case, btrfs is NOT hard- 
> linking the snapshots as timeshift claims it does. The only way to check 
> is install on ext4 and compare. I have saves enough free space to do this.
> 
> My effort to date is to move my home to /mnt/data and sim-link it into / 
> home. df is now showing 2.3GB free on /.  df showed /home as 2.2GB 
> yesterday.  At least there is a little space to play with; and give me 
> time to consider. A fresh install may be worth checking in snapshots are 
> as big as this all makes them look.
> 
> a few brief answer to other comments will follow

So later yesterday afternoon I created a new snapshot with no obvious 
change is free space.

I then update/upgrade.   The initial attempt told me
63 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 337 MB of archives.
After this operation, 473 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]

But the 3 kernel related packages failed to install a couple of times. 
When I finally figured I should check space, there was none.   I rolled 
back to prior to the upgrade, but still no free space.

I said sometime in this thread that timeshift (and BiT) use hard links 
to create progressive copies of the system. The more I think about how 
hard links reportedly work, I reckon it can't be simply hard links.

So I'm starting a new thread on that topic.

-- 
All the best

Keith Bainbridge

keith.bainbridge.3216@gmail.com
+61 (0)447 667 468

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partition reporting full, but not Keith Bainbridge <keithrbau@gmail.com> - 2024-02-17 03:40 +0100
  Re: partition reporting full, but not Gremlin <scott-andrews@columbus.rr.com> - 2024-02-17 04:00 +0100
    Re: partition reporting full, but not Keith Bainbridge <keithrbau@gmail.com> - 2024-02-17 05:50 +0100
      Re: partition reporting full, but not songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2024-02-17 13:40 +0100
  Re: partition reporting full, but not David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-02-17 04:00 +0100
  Re: partition reporting full, but not Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-02-17 04:00 +0100
    Re: partition reporting full, but not Keith Bainbridge <keithrbau@gmail.com> - 2024-02-17 05:50 +0100
      Re: partition reporting full, but not Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2024-02-17 07:10 +0100
        Re: partition reporting full, but not Keith Bainbridge <keithrbau@gmail.com> - 2024-02-17 10:20 +0100
          Re: partition reporting full, but not David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-02-18 08:30 +0100
      Re: partition reporting full, but not <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-02-17 07:20 +0100
      Re: partition reporting full, but not debian-user@howorth.org.uk - 2024-02-17 21:40 +0100
        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
              Re: partition reporting full, but not Keith Bainbridge <keithrbau@gmail.com> - 2024-02-18 05:00 +0100
        Re: partition reporting full, but not Keith Bainbridge <keithrbau@gmail.com> - 2024-02-18 05:00 +0100
          Re: partition reporting full, but not Keith Bainbridge <keithrbau@gmail.com> - 2024-02-19 00:30 +0100
            Re: partition reporting full, but not Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-02-19 03:10 +0100
              Re: partition reporting full, but not Keith Bainbridge <keithrbau@gmail.com> - 2024-02-20 07:50 +0100
                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
                Re: partition reporting full, but not Keith Bainbridge <keithrbau@gmail.com> - 2024-02-20 11:30 +0100
                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
                Re: partition reporting full, but not Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-02-20 21:00 +0100
                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
                Re: partition reporting full, but not Keith Bainbridge <keithrbau@gmail.com> - 2024-02-20 11:20 +0100
                Re: partition reporting full, but not "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2024-02-20 12:40 +0100
                Re: partition reporting full, but not debian-user@howorth.org.uk - 2024-02-20 18:20 +0100
            Re: partition reporting full, but not Keith Bainbridge <keithrbau@gmail.com> - 2024-02-19 04:30 +0100
              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
              Re: partition reporting full, but not Keith Bainbridge <keithrbau@gmail.com> - 2024-02-20 08:20 +0100
                Re: partition reporting full, but not Keith Bainbridge <keithrbau@gmail.com> - 2024-02-20 09:00 +0100
            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
    Re: partition reporting full, but not <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-02-17 07:10 +0100
    Re: partition reporting full, but not Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-02-18 04:10 +0100
      Re: partition reporting full, but not Keith Bainbridge <keithrbau@gmail.com> - 2024-02-19 00:10 +0100

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