'Root is full' problem

[Joel Rees]

2015/07/06 7:06 "Richard Kimber" <richardkimber at btinternet.com>:
>
>
> On 5 Jul 2015 22:51, William Scott Lockwood III <scott at guppylog.com>
wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Jul 5, 2015 4:48 PM, "Richard Kimber" <richardkimber at btinternet.com>
wrote:
> > > > I don't think the "root is full" message is related to the mounted
USB
> > > > drive. Please check if there is really no space on / with the
command
> > > >
> > > > df -h /
> > > >
> > > > To free some space, you could try the command
> > > >
> > > > sudo apt-get clean
> > > >
> > > Thanks. . I've tried that and similar remedies,  and am convinced
> there is space in reality.  I have separate drives for usr/local and
/home.

Were those perhaps supposed to have been on the USB drives?

> The situation is now that, after much experimenting and rebooting,
> I'm not able to boot to my normal desktop (mate),
> but can get to a terminal on the Ubuntu desktop.

Do you mean, on the unity desktop? Or a virtual console (ctl-alt-f2 or so)?

Single user mode console?

> I've switched off the new USB drive for the moment.

unplugged it?

Was it factory formatted VFAT or something before you started?

How about the good USB drive, and what were you using it for? Is it still
attached and automounted somewhere you didn't intend?

> And I'm having to type this from my tablet. So unless someone
specifically knows the answer I'm going to have to reinstall 😣
> > >
> > > Richard
> >
> > What is the output of df -i?
> In recovery mode,  it says Iuse for the root drive is 15%

Can you ssh in from your tablet, to capture the full output of

    mount

without options, and

    df -hi

and post them?

If that is not possible, can you just copy the whole line for the root
partition from the df -ih?

I usually format my root partition with lots of extra free space, in case
my /var or other separate partitions fail to mount.

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Joel Rees

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