low disk space on filesystem root in linux
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Adithyansm
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You can use a tool name QdirStat
And analyze the disk to check which is taking more storage
Hope it will help you
Code:
sudo apt install qdirstatHope it will help you
Condobloke
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Is Linux installed on /dev/sda8 ...?
Who did the install?
How big is your hard drive (or solid state drive ?)
Is this a dual boot with windows?
Who did the install?
How big is your hard drive (or solid state drive ?)
Is this a dual boot with windows?
OK I take it you are on Ubuntu, which version?
Are you using Timeshift, and if so, how is it set up?
Welcome
Chris Turner
wizardfromoz
Are you using Timeshift, and if so, how is it set up?
Welcome
Chris Turner
wizardfromoz
1.by the outpoot of 'df'- it seems that yes.
2. i did the install
3. in mot sure where to check it, i red it is in the 'df' but not sure wich one there...
4.it is dual with windows
thank you for your reply
1.
Description: Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS
Release: 20.04
2. i dont know anything about timeshift...
thank you for your reply
Many times the culprit is an auto generated log file. Check the /var/log folder see what size it is. You can go to a terminal and cd to /var/log once there issue this command.
It should give you a read out of how much space is being used by each log file. then look and see if any are in or near the Gbs range. If so you need to remove those logs.
It will free up some space that way.
Also post the out put of
Thanks.
P.S. on ubuntu you may have to install inxi first.
Sass:
sudo du -aIt will free up some space that way.
Also post the out put of
HTML:
inxi -PP.S. on ubuntu you may have to install inxi first.
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Adithyansm
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Check your root directory ( / ) this is symbol of root directory
OR
you can follow this video
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Many times the culprit isan auto generated log file. Check the /var/log folder see what size it is. You can go to a terminal and cd to /var/log once there issue this command.
It should give you a read out of how much space is being used by each log file. then look and see if any are in or near the Gbs range. If so you need to remove those logs.Sass:sudo du -a
It will free up some space that way.
Also post the out put ofThanks.HTML:inxi -P
P.S. on ubuntu you may have to install inxi first.
the 'du -a' does print the numbers without any units so im not sure how to read it (attach a photo).
and the output of 'inxi' is :
Partition: ID-1: / size: 24.46 GiB used: 22.88 GiB (93.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda8
thank you!
Hi shany,
I don't know if this will help you, but I would suggest a disk size utility to see (and drill down) the directory and the contents that eat up space.
You can find some of them here: https://alternativeto.net/software/treesize/?platform=linux
If you would do it by hand, I would do a
cd /
sudo df -hs *
in order to see which directory has a lot of space taken up, and then I would cd in that directory and do the same df -hs *
I hope that helps.
I don't know if this will help you, but I would suggest a disk size utility to see (and drill down) the directory and the contents that eat up space.
You can find some of them here: https://alternativeto.net/software/treesize/?platform=linux
If you would do it by hand, I would do a
cd /
sudo df -hs *
in order to see which directory has a lot of space taken up, and then I would cd in that directory and do the same df -hs *
I hope that helps.
sudo du -ah / | sort -n -r | head -n 10
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You can do something like the command above this will give you the top 10 files consuming space. You can adjust to look at specific directories or list more than 10 files. Note as written it will take a while to run
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You can do something like the command above this will give you the top 10 files consuming space. You can adjust to look at specific directories or list more than 10 files. Note as written it will take a while to run
Condobloke
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You must have some idea how big the hard drive is that you installed to !
What size is it ??
and the output of 'inxi' is :
Partition: ID-1: / size: 24.46 GiB used: 22.88 GiB (93.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda8
This tells us the partition for ubuntu was just over 24GB....and it has consumed nearly 23GB of that
SO...it's full!.
You will need to re partition and make a big enough space for it to install to.
The initial size of the hard drive will tell us if this possible
So, how much space did you give Windows?.......what was the size of the hard drive before you started?
What size is it ??
and the output of 'inxi' is :
Partition: ID-1: / size: 24.46 GiB used: 22.88 GiB (93.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda8
This tells us the partition for ubuntu was just over 24GB....and it has consumed nearly 23GB of that
SO...it's full!.
You will need to re partition and make a big enough space for it to install to.
The initial size of the hard drive will tell us if this possible
So, how much space did you give Windows?.......what was the size of the hard drive before you started?
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I posted the wrong link earlier. My bad...
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A Few Ways To Visualize Disk Usage In Linux • Linux Tips
It's easy to visualize disk usage in Linux. This short article show you a few ways to visualize your disk space with Linux.
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