[ubuntu-za] (PARTLY SOLVED) ERROR REPORT: NO SPACE LEFT ON DEVICE - 8.04.1

[Tim Johnson]

Hi Guys,

A friend of mine wishes to tyr Ubuntu and although prepared to download  
it, would be nicely introduced to the group if he could get a pairr of CDS  
locally in Pretoria.
Any offers?  His mane is Alan Claydon-Fink (seriously!) he lives in Thaba  
Tsawne and could be contacted at claxton at polka.co.za
Much appreciated,

Tim Johnson
-- 
Using Ubuntu 8.10 and Opera


On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:11:41 +0200, Vincent <Bullet at ballmail.co.za> wrote:

> Vincent wrote:
>> Hi Hannes,
>>
>> Just an update.
>>
>> It would appear that freeing up that small amount of space in
>> apt/cache(4.2MB) has allowed hardy to breath again - I can now dial out,
>> Firefox works as does kontact - Obviously all disk space related.
>>
>> I now just need to find out if the old backup files can be removed(see
>> above) so I can recover a further 5.5GB & if so, how?
>>
>> I'm still using xp as I'm scared to put any more data onto that disk
>> until I can free up more space, but I now know how a drug addict must
>> feel - I'm missing my "fix" of ubuntu!
>>
>> Kind Regards
>> Vincent
>>
>>
>>
> A further update,
>
> I took the plunge, went into var & media's directories & using rm & rm
> -R took out all the old deadwood there, allowing me to free up almost
> 50% of the full partition - A learning curve of note!
>
> However, hardy has created folders in media, of backup files made on my  
> flash
> drive & one of them contains 1.2GB of data which I cannot get into.
> Using cd, (which worked on the disks in media to rm the file) & trying
> to get in keeps coming back as no such file or directory & yet when I
> open properties, it shows 1.2GB in the file.
> The file is stored as STORE N GO but when I try cd on this it comes back  
> as no
> such file or directory for each individual heading, STORE, N, & GO.
>
> I hope I've explained my problem clearly.
> Can anyone please tell me how I can access this folder in order to
> remove this file?
>
> TIA
> Vincent
>



-- 
Using Ubuntu 8.10 and Opera