[SOLVED] missing free space

ad4ms3 · 2018-03-27 10:53:38

Sudden power failure caused arch to stop fully booting. I can only work on filesystem via live USB and chroot.
Arch was installed on dev/sda1, 30gb partition. Installation with all packages and /home folder took only less than 10gb. Frequently I clean system from unwanted files so this is not an issue. After failure all free space is gone.
For sda1, mounted on /:

df -h size 30gb used 29gb

df -i inodes 1966080 IUsed 250975 IFree 1715105 IUse 13%

I am giving up, I just do not know how to recover this space. Thank you for any advice.

Last edited by ad4ms3 (2018-03-27 15:24:13)

Trilby · 2018-03-27 11:36:43

If you can chroot in and look around, figure out what is taking up all the space. Start with `du -hd1 /` then dig into whatever top level directory has grown out of control.

Some people prefer ncdu (I don't) - that is an option if you already have it installed - but I assume you can't presently install anything new.

I'd guess something dumped garbage in your home directory (downloads?) or perhaps your computer is screaming at you in the logs/journal and you should see what it is saying.

ad4ms3 · 2018-03-27 13:33:23

Wow, what a simple solution. .Cache in root folder grew to 21GB. Probably part of it my own fault by messing with dd. Problem solved. System is working flawlessly. Thank you.

Sorry, mobile version does not allow to mark this thread as solved;)

Last edited by ad4ms3 (2018-03-27 13:34:47)

WorMzy · 2018-03-27 13:54:04

You can mark your thread as solved by editing the first post and amending the topic title.

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#1 2018-03-27 10:53:38

[SOLVED] missing free space

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