Need to reclaim disk space on linux?

[Badgers Armpit]

Any sandals wearers here that can help out with the following?

I appear to have filled up my disk space on my linux box (fedora core) after backing up my laptop to it (had samba running on linux).

Now, I deleted the folder i was backing up to, but 'df -k' still shows 100% disk usage & I'm having an issue starting other services, notably squid (which is complaining about lack of disk space).

Any idea how I can "reclaim" the disk space that should now be available?

A little frustrating as I can't listen to TMS presently . . .

[TheMonkey]

Is it ext3 fs? If so it should be available there if the nodes have been unlinked (deleted).

If not, reboot into single user mode and use e2fsck to check it.

Also, don't lump all your stuff into one partition. Instant suicide!

[Cowboy Bob]

Boot into single user mode and delete everything out of /tmp and /var/tmp

[MrsGoof]

check your logs as well

[Ardesco]

I find that the best way to gain more space is as follows:

su root
cd /
rm -rf

Works a treat for me

[cojak]

To any Linux newbies out there - ARDESCO's JOKING.

But I s'pose it's a lesson learned for the more gullible types...

[mcquiggd]

check your logs as well

Ewww... reminds me of that 'You Are What You Eat' woman....

[TheMonkey]

I find that the best way to gain more space is as follows:

su root
cd /
rm -rf

Works a treat for me

I'm surprised!!! You forgot either the . or the * on the rm parameter to glob the files.

[Badgers Armpit]

Cheers for the advice. I couldn't be arsed to try it out over the weekend, but should hopefully do it this week.

If all else fails, perhaps I'll use Ardesco's first-rate tip

[ferret]

Heh...

I like the way no-one complained about being labelled a 'sandal wearer'!

Under my sandals I have nice white socks with blue and red bands around them and just a sprinkling of athelete's foot powder in them.