[ale] df help

[ChangingLINKS.com]

The quest for space continues. I tried uninstalling a few packages (like 
postgr) and have gotten up to a wopping 26% free space. This install would 
simply *not* work on the hard drives that I use for Windows 98. I feel like I 
am missing something - like there is an extra gig lying around.

]$ du -m / /.[^.]?* --max-depth=4 |sort -rn  > /data/filesize.txt

5592	/
4394	/usr
1502	/usr/local
1423	/usr/local/games
1106	/usr/share
1083	/usr/lib
905	/usr/local/games/Descent3
519	/usr/local/games/ut
514	/proc
338	/usr/share/doc
202	/usr/bin
200	/usr/X11R6
200	/data/see/Kappa
126	/lib
122	/usr/X11R6/lib
118	/usr/src/linux-2.4.9-34
118	/usr/src
116	/usr/share/fonts
107	/lib/modules
101	/usr/lib/aspell
91	/var
89	/usr/lib/xemacs
81	/usr/src/linux-2.4.9-34/drivers
80	/usr/X11R6/lib/X11
80	/usr/lib/gcc-lib
74	/usr/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages
74	/mp3

On Friday 16 August 2002 07:56, Geoffrey wrote:
> ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
> > ]$ df
> > Filesystem           1k-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
> > /dev/hda2              7147292   5281260   1502964  78% /
> > /dev/hda1                46636     16901     27327  39% /boot
> > /dev/hda3              1612840    343856   1187056  23% /data
> > none                    256488         0    256488   0% /dev/shm
> >
> > Does this look about right to you?
>
> So far so good.  We'll try and work this down to identifying the
> problem.  So, we know / is 78% full, so now do this:
>
> du -s -h /* |sort -n
>
> And post this info to the list.
>
> > Drew

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Wishing you Happiness, Joy and Laughter,
Drew Brown
http://www.ChangingLINKS.com

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