Zero Bytes free on my hard drive

[Keith Clark]

On Fri, 2010-03-05 at 13:11 -0800, NoOp wrote:
> 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

No can do.  No space to install.

I think it is time to start from scratch here.  Just not sure if I want
to install Ubuntu again after this.