[GLLUG] rootfs is filling up

[Taylor Burke]

Ok, so /var is taking up 4.1G, and it seems to be in /var/log. Dunno
why that happened, really. Where should I go from here?



On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 12:17 AM, Taylor Burke <tburke1192 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Chick,
>
> It's a completely fresh install, and I really don't have too much installed.
> I'll post a package list as soon as I can, though.
>
> On Jan 17, 2012 12:06 AM, "Chick Tower" <c.e.tower at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Have you checked on the Arch Fora (plural of forum), Taylor, or submitted
>> your question there?
>>
>> Without knowing what you have installed, it's hard to say if it's taking
>> up more space than usual.  But please don't post a list of what packages you
>> have installed.
>>
>> Did you just copy over the old installation to the new one?  I see that
>> they take up the same space, 7.4GB.
>>
>> Is /var taking up a lot of space?  You can check each of the top-level
>> directories with du -h --max-depth=1 /, if I recall correctly.
>>
>>
>>                               Chick
>>
>> On 01/16/2012 10:17 PM, Taylor Burke wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey guys, I've got an odd problem. The last two Arch Linux installs
>>> I've had, the root filesystem has become completely full for a reason
>>> I can't quite figure out. Oddly enough, this is the first time I've
>>> ever had this problem, and I'm not doing anything different than what
>>> I always do when I have Arch installed. I tried clearing the package
>>> cache, but it freed up very little space. I'm attaching a Pastebin doc
>>> with some information that might help.
>>>
>>> http://pastebin.com/8nHxQZGu
>>>
>>> If there's anything else you need, just let me know- I can put it up as
>>> well.
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