Zero Bytes free on my hard drive

[NoOp]

On 03/05/2010 12:50 PM, Keith Clark wrote:
> 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>
>> [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
> 
> df -h shows /dev/sdb1 Size: 448G, Used 448G, Avail 0 Use:100% Mounted
> On: /
> 
>> and
>> $ sudo du /var | sort -nr | head -10
> 
> 2507884 /var
> 1144184 /var/lib
> 901420 /var/log
> 
> and the rest are much smaller in size.
> 
> The whole /var directory is only 2.7 GB.  When I check for used space in
> Disk Usage Analyzer, it shows that it is full at 239.1 GM, but at the
> top it shows Total filesystem capacity 447.5 GB (used: 447 GB
> available:0 bytes)
> 
> Very confusing information.

Might take awhile, but you could try:
$ ncdu
and choose / & let it go through the whole drive.