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linux4all2012-02-10 11:07 am
delfinnium) wrote in linux4all2012-02-10 11:07 am
root directory being filled?
Hi all
I've had a clean reinstall of my linux mint and everything is good... until just today a thing popped up to say that my root is full.
D: I had given it 4GB when I reinstalled linux mint, leaving everything to my home drive. Now what I read is that root IS required in larger volumes.
So what can I do? I have plenty of space in /home, and I don't particularly want to reinstall everything. Where is the files where I can delete/clear my cache? How do I go about doing it?
(In nice easy steps because I can't actually find this .tmp or .var folders that other websites say I must look in.)
I've had a clean reinstall of my linux mint and everything is good... until just today a thing popped up to say that my root is full.
D: I had given it 4GB when I reinstalled linux mint, leaving everything to my home drive. Now what I read is that root IS required in larger volumes.
So what can I do? I have plenty of space in /home, and I don't particularly want to reinstall everything. Where is the files where I can delete/clear my cache? How do I go about doing it?
(In nice easy steps because I can't actually find this .tmp or .var folders that other websites say I must look in.)
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I dd as you suggested - it turned out that linux Mint 9 DOES have gparted on its live-CD, so I could do just that, and now my root is made larger and the home directory is smaller and I didn't have to do any reinstalling! :D
THank you so much! I'll keep this in mind next time I have to do any reinstalling. :D
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