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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.bhp.com.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.cis.okstate.edu!news.ksu.ksu.edu!news.physics.uiowa.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!tube.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!handbag.tecc.co.uk!parody.tecc.co.uk!not-for-mail From: james@parody.tecc.co.uk (James Raynard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: HELP! Date: 25 Jan 1996 23:59:01 -0000 Organization: A FreeBSD box Lines: 38 Message-ID: <4e95g5$38u@parody.tecc.co.uk> References: <4e33uh$njd@news-2.csn.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost In article <4e33uh$njd@news-2.csn.net>, Poisoned <poisoned@ix.pcc.cccoes.edu> wrote: >Hello, > >I was hoping that someone could help me with a FreeBSD newbie >question. I have been running FreeBSD for quite some time and now I >when I reboot the system I get this error: >login: Jan 23 09:55:53 ix /kernel: uid 0 on /: file system full This means that there at least 95% of the root file system is used and that root is the only user who can write on it. A common cause is that the log files under /var have grown too large and need trimming; this is one of the reasons why a separate /var partition is often recommended. Another possibility is that a temporary file under /tmp has grown to a size where it is taking too much space. However, as you get the message at boot time and /tmp gets emptied during the boot process, this won't be relevant here. Generally, it's a good idea to keep as few files as possible in the root file system; the only ones which are really essential are ones which are needed during booting, such as the kernel and the configuration files in /etc. >I have checked my resources with the df command and it shows the >following. Another useful tool is du, for example # cd / # du -sx * will show you which of the files/directories on the root filesystem is being greedy. If necessary, you can walk down the filesystem and repeat the process, in order to isolate the culprit. James -- Segmentation fault (core dumped): cannot find file '.signature'