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#1 2010-04-24 08:18:35

avendael
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Registered: 2010-04-11
Posts: 10

More hdd space gets used up on each upgrade

More hdd space is getting used up everytime I upgrade my system. My partition layout is as follows:

7 GB /
3 GB /var
32 MB /boot
Leftovers /home

More space is getting used up in the / partition after each upgrade. I have already come to a point where I no longer install new packages. Last time I checked it was around 3.4 GB. It grows by .1 GB for each system upgrade and is now on 3.9 GB. I was wondering why is that as my /var is on a separate partition.

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#2 2010-04-24 08:39:07

tomk
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From: Ireland
Registered: 2004-07-21
Posts: 9,839

Re: More hdd space gets used up on each upgrade

Use du to see what's eating up your space.

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#3 2010-04-24 11:50:23

bremarv
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Registered: 2010-03-12
Posts: 26

Re: More hdd space gets used up on each upgrade

edit: never mind, read your post too fast sad

Last edited by bremarv (2010-04-24 11:51:50)


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#4 2010-04-24 12:41:20

karol
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Registered: 2009-05-06
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Re: More hdd space gets used up on each upgrade

> Use du to see what's eating up your space.
Or ncdu.

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#5 2010-04-24 13:42:56

Flasher
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From: Bavaria / Germany
Registered: 2005-04-24
Posts: 126

Re: More hdd space gets used up on each upgrade

@ karol

nice hint. thank you smile

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#6 2010-04-24 13:53:36

karol
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Registered: 2009-05-06
Posts: 25,440

Re: More hdd space gets used up on each upgrade

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Can somebody suggest a section / page where should I put it in the wiki? http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Useful_Applications ? Troubleshooting section for the newbies? http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/FAQ http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gen … mendations ?
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#7 2010-04-24 15:04:13

avendael
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Registered: 2010-04-11
Posts: 10

Re: More hdd space gets used up on each upgrade

Thanks guys I got it now. smile

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