Thread: Disk full - can't free any disk space

hi,

i'm running mythbuntu 9.04 , having issue disk space.

try 'rm' various log files space free lasts less minute before disk reports being full once more.

df -th | sort gives:

/dev/sda1 ext3 8.3g 7.9g 0 100% /
/dev/sda6 ext3 138g 125g 6.3g 96% /music
/dev/sda7 xfs 783g 617g 167g 79% /videos
/dev/sdb2 xfs 344g 242g 103g 71% /recordings
/dev/sr0 udf 7.5g 7.5g 0 100% /media/cdrom0
filesystem type size used avail use% mounted on
lrm tmpfs 881m 2.2m 879m 1% /lib/modules/2.6.28-16-generic/volatile
tmpfs tmpfs 881m 0 881m 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs tmpfs 881m 0 881m 0% /lib/init/rw
udev tmpfs 881m 152k 881m 1% /dev
varlock tmpfs 881m 0 881m 0% /var/lock
varrun tmpfs 881m 408k 880m 1% /var/run

there's nothing enormous in /var/log , trash , root trash empty.

i'm curious why size , used fields not same despite 100% usage being reported on sda1...

appreciated.

as why use% , avail reporting conflicting things, assume has fact in linux, if file still in use when delete it, isn't deleted until computer done it.

fancy , figure out files still open on system lsof, recommend try simpler.

go folder full (such / right now), , type "du -s | sort -n", , give list of sizes of of folders @ level. pick biggest / unusual 1 , recurse. when find things can delete, delete them. if had guess, /home/ folder filling something.

there gui apps , ways of doing recursively, should give enough data isolate problem.

luck!

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