Re: debian-user-digest Digest V98 #913
Some time around Wed, 02 Sep 1998 11:15:31 EDT,
"Person, Rod" wrote:
> I can't figure this out. I have been installing Debian for about 2 weeks
> of and on. I'm downloading from the net to a DOS partition.
> Every so often my Linux partition gives me a 'can not allocate memory
> error.' I run df and sure enough 100% of my partition is in used. Then I
> run dselect again or re-boot and I get the correct reading of 62% of the
> partition used! The last time this happened was last night. The night
> before I was using linux, but made no modification. I didn't add any
> files or remove any. I did touch and of the configuration file (the one
> that I know are anyway). I was in X using dfm to explore the structure I
> try to figure out the other problems I have. Maybe it has something to
> do with the way I logoff, that's all I can figure out. Can someone clue
> me in?
Something must be opening a huge temporary file (or not that huge, how big is
your linux partition?), and of course, after you reboot, the file disappears.
Look for interesting things in /tmp and try to track down when exactly the hd
usage goes up to a 100 (i.e. which program uses all that space).
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> "Your problem is you try to figure out everything, and I can't figure
> nothing out!"
> -my wife.
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