Zero Bytes free on my hard drive

[Keith Clark]

On Fri, 2010-03-05 at 12:39 -0800, NoOp wrote:
> On 03/05/2010 12:15 PM, Keith Clark wrote:
> > On Fri, 2010-03-05 at 12:13 -0800, NoOp wrote:
> >> On 03/05/2010 11:58 AM, Keith Clark wrote:
> >> ...
> >> > I don't believe this.  I cleared up so much space.  It read over 70GB
> >> > free.  Now zero again.
> >> > 
> >> > I'm using the GUI Disk Usage Analyzer and it is showing my / full with
> >> > only 285GB!  It is a 500 GB Drive.
> >> > 
> >> > I don't know what else to do here.  I cleaned probably 100-200 GB of
> >> > space, but my drive only said around 60-70 GB free.  I started it this
> >> > morning and just let it sit there while I was at work.  I come home and
> >> > zero bytes free.
> >> 
> >> Do you by chance use sbackup?
> >> 
> >> 
> > Yes, I have for over a year.
> 
> <http://www.google.com/search?complete=0&hl=en&source=hp&q=sbackup+%2Bdisk+&btnG=Google+Search>
> 
> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sbackup/+bug/42142>
> [sbackup doesn't check for/prevent full disk]
> 
> Have a look at this thread:
> <http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.user/195909>

I did find where sbackup tried to backup but did not find its target
drive so it placed it in /media.  I actually found those directories and
deleted them.  Still no free space.


> [suddenly filling of hd and no access to x]
> http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.user/195946
> 
> What is the result of:
> $ df -h
> and
> $ sudo du /var | sort -nr | head -10
> My guess is that you will find that /var/backup is the culprit.
> 
>