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Re: Help! screwed-up root partition
by Doug-11
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ed wrote:
> Doug wrote:
>> Jim Beard wrote:
>>> Doug wrote:
>>>> Now 'df' shows the / partition as 100% full and I get warning
>>>> messages on boot about inadequate space in the partition.
>>>> However, the directories in the / partition (/bin, /dev, /etc,
>>>> /initrd, /.kde, /lib, /media, /mnt, /opt, /proc, /root, /sbin, /sys
>>>> - the rest have their own partitions) only account for about 10% of
>>>> the partition space.
>>>>
>>>> How do I find out where the other 90%'s gone? How do I free it up
>>>> again?
>>>
>>> Perhaps you have mounted / on top of (and there by hidden) a mounted
>>> partition?
>>>
>>> I would suggest booting with a rescue disk or One disk and with all
>>> partitions unmounted check each partition.
>>>
>>> Cheers!
>>>
>>> jim b.
>>>
>> Thanks Jim, Thomas, Eugeni.
>>
>> (1) unfortunately 'du' doesn't give any more useful information
>> (2) the mess is there after re-booting (although when the error first
>> appeared, MCC seemed to have lost the mount points for all the
>> partitions. At least that was corrected by re-booting)
>> (3) booting with a rescue disk looks the next option - I was afraid
>> that was coming. I can also have a look with 'qparted'.
>>
>> If the worst comes to the worst and it's still not apparent where the
>> fault lies, would it be possible to copy the / directories elsewhere;
>> wipe /dev/hda5 and copy them back to /dev/hda5?
>> That is, with all partitions unmounted, using 'cp' I assume , rather
>> than 'dd', which I guess would simply perpetuate the error.
>> Or is that completely no go?
>>
>> Doug
>>
> post the output of "cat /etc/fstab" and "cat /etc/mtab"
> my bet is you have somehow gotten something mounted over something
> else, hiding whatever is under the original mountpoint on the drive.
> booting with a boot disk or live version [knoptix anyone? or the
> qparted boot disk] should at least give you a look at what is there
> without doing any damage.
>/etc/fstab:
# Entry for /dev/hda5 :
UUID=96c90828-c5ec-44b1-8c60-17ab9bdf61d8 / reiserfs
notail,relatime,user_xattr 1 1
# Entry for /dev/hda1 :
UUID=e92a2d5c-0f7a-4f65-81b0-353b34bdac34 /boot ext3 relatime 1 2
# Entry for /dev/hda10 :
UUID=1e2efe63-612e-4faf-ac49-ccc2dbfc0ae8 /copies reiserfs
notail,relatime,user_xattr 1 2
# Entry for /dev/hda6 :
UUID=a09033e9-021c-490e-aa0b-cb32263f520f /home reiserfs
notail,relatime,user_xattr 1 2
/dev/cdrom /media/cdrom iso9660
umask=0,users,iocharset=utf8,noauto,ro,exec 0 0
/dev/cdrom1 /media/cdrom1 iso9660
umask=0,user,iocharset=utf8,noauto,exec 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto
umask=0,users,iocharset=utf8,noauto,exec,flush 0 0
# Entry for /dev/hda11 :
UUID=9fe8a950-0515-4f08-9a49-f13a83c5af72 /photos reiserfs
notail,relatime,user_xattr 1 2
# Entry for /dev/sdf1 :
UUID=d4495f0b-e2d0-4a1f-8a55-dafebff3810c /photos_and_backups reiserfs
defaults 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
# Entry for /dev/hda9 :
UUID=d01efacd-5a03-48e3-90d7-ee12fcbdc2e7 /tmp reiserfs
notail,relatime,user_xattr 1 2
# Entry for /dev/hda7 :
UUID=daa7fd81-3852-4b3c-b0fe-ca159e211b37 /usr reiserfs
notail,relatime,user_xattr 1 2
# Entry for /dev/hda8 :
UUID=73dd9cbe-daeb-4cec-a950-0b81a5a24837 /var reiserfs
notail,relatime,user_xattr 1 2
# Entry for /dev/hda3 :
UUID=47af315c-51b1-46ad-86cf-1ffe5ee132bb swap swap defaults 0 0
/etc/mtab:
/dev/hda5 / reiserfs rw,relatime,notail,user_xattr 0 0
none /proc proc rw 0 0
/dev/hda1 /boot ext3 rw,relatime 0 0
/dev/hda10 /copies reiserfs rw,relatime,notail,user_xattr 0 0
/dev/hda6 /home reiserfs rw,relatime,notail,user_xattr 0 0
/dev/hda11 /photos reiserfs rw,relatime,notail,user_xattr 0 0
/dev/sdb1 /photos_and_backups reiserfs rw 0 0
/dev/hda9 /tmp reiserfs rw,relatime,notail,user_xattr 0 0
/dev/hda7 /usr reiserfs rw,relatime,notail,user_xattr 0 0
/dev/hda8 /var reiserfs rw,relatime,notail,user_xattr 0 0
none /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc binfmt_misc rw 0 0
none /sys/fs/fuse/connections fusectl rw 0 0
none /proc/fs/vmblock/mountPoint vmblock rw 0 0
/dev/sdg1 /media/disk reiserfs rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal 0 0
/dev/sda1 /media/disk-2 reiserfs rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal 0 0
The 1.5TB HD was originally /dev/sdf1 as in fstab but is now /dev/sdb1
as in mtab
Doug
> Doug wrote:
>> Jim Beard wrote:
>>> Doug wrote:
>>>> Now 'df' shows the / partition as 100% full and I get warning
>>>> messages on boot about inadequate space in the partition.
>>>> However, the directories in the / partition (/bin, /dev, /etc,
>>>> /initrd, /.kde, /lib, /media, /mnt, /opt, /proc, /root, /sbin, /sys
>>>> - the rest have their own partitions) only account for about 10% of
>>>> the partition space.
>>>>
>>>> How do I find out where the other 90%'s gone? How do I free it up
>>>> again?
>>>
>>> Perhaps you have mounted / on top of (and there by hidden) a mounted
>>> partition?
>>>
>>> I would suggest booting with a rescue disk or One disk and with all
>>> partitions unmounted check each partition.
>>>
>>> Cheers!
>>>
>>> jim b.
>>>
>> Thanks Jim, Thomas, Eugeni.
>>
>> (1) unfortunately 'du' doesn't give any more useful information
>> (2) the mess is there after re-booting (although when the error first
>> appeared, MCC seemed to have lost the mount points for all the
>> partitions. At least that was corrected by re-booting)
>> (3) booting with a rescue disk looks the next option - I was afraid
>> that was coming. I can also have a look with 'qparted'.
>>
>> If the worst comes to the worst and it's still not apparent where the
>> fault lies, would it be possible to copy the / directories elsewhere;
>> wipe /dev/hda5 and copy them back to /dev/hda5?
>> That is, with all partitions unmounted, using 'cp' I assume , rather
>> than 'dd', which I guess would simply perpetuate the error.
>> Or is that completely no go?
>>
>> Doug
>>
> post the output of "cat /etc/fstab" and "cat /etc/mtab"
> my bet is you have somehow gotten something mounted over something
> else, hiding whatever is under the original mountpoint on the drive.
> booting with a boot disk or live version [knoptix anyone? or the
> qparted boot disk] should at least give you a look at what is there
> without doing any damage.
>
# Entry for /dev/hda5 :
UUID=96c90828-c5ec-44b1-8c60-17ab9bdf61d8 / reiserfs
notail,relatime,user_xattr 1 1
# Entry for /dev/hda1 :
UUID=e92a2d5c-0f7a-4f65-81b0-353b34bdac34 /boot ext3 relatime 1 2
# Entry for /dev/hda10 :
UUID=1e2efe63-612e-4faf-ac49-ccc2dbfc0ae8 /copies reiserfs
notail,relatime,user_xattr 1 2
# Entry for /dev/hda6 :
UUID=a09033e9-021c-490e-aa0b-cb32263f520f /home reiserfs
notail,relatime,user_xattr 1 2
/dev/cdrom /media/cdrom iso9660
umask=0,users,iocharset=utf8,noauto,ro,exec 0 0
/dev/cdrom1 /media/cdrom1 iso9660
umask=0,user,iocharset=utf8,noauto,exec 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto
umask=0,users,iocharset=utf8,noauto,exec,flush 0 0
# Entry for /dev/hda11 :
UUID=9fe8a950-0515-4f08-9a49-f13a83c5af72 /photos reiserfs
notail,relatime,user_xattr 1 2
# Entry for /dev/sdf1 :
UUID=d4495f0b-e2d0-4a1f-8a55-dafebff3810c /photos_and_backups reiserfs
defaults 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
# Entry for /dev/hda9 :
UUID=d01efacd-5a03-48e3-90d7-ee12fcbdc2e7 /tmp reiserfs
notail,relatime,user_xattr 1 2
# Entry for /dev/hda7 :
UUID=daa7fd81-3852-4b3c-b0fe-ca159e211b37 /usr reiserfs
notail,relatime,user_xattr 1 2
# Entry for /dev/hda8 :
UUID=73dd9cbe-daeb-4cec-a950-0b81a5a24837 /var reiserfs
notail,relatime,user_xattr 1 2
# Entry for /dev/hda3 :
UUID=47af315c-51b1-46ad-86cf-1ffe5ee132bb swap swap defaults 0 0
/etc/mtab:
/dev/hda5 / reiserfs rw,relatime,notail,user_xattr 0 0
none /proc proc rw 0 0
/dev/hda1 /boot ext3 rw,relatime 0 0
/dev/hda10 /copies reiserfs rw,relatime,notail,user_xattr 0 0
/dev/hda6 /home reiserfs rw,relatime,notail,user_xattr 0 0
/dev/hda11 /photos reiserfs rw,relatime,notail,user_xattr 0 0
/dev/sdb1 /photos_and_backups reiserfs rw 0 0
/dev/hda9 /tmp reiserfs rw,relatime,notail,user_xattr 0 0
/dev/hda7 /usr reiserfs rw,relatime,notail,user_xattr 0 0
/dev/hda8 /var reiserfs rw,relatime,notail,user_xattr 0 0
none /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc binfmt_misc rw 0 0
none /sys/fs/fuse/connections fusectl rw 0 0
none /proc/fs/vmblock/mountPoint vmblock rw 0 0
/dev/sdg1 /media/disk reiserfs rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal 0 0
/dev/sda1 /media/disk-2 reiserfs rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal 0 0
The 1.5TB HD was originally /dev/sdf1 as in fstab but is now /dev/sdb1
as in mtab
Doug
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