Hard Drive clean up

[Cyber Source]

One of the COOLEST things I like about Linux is the way the file system 
mounts. That is to say that you could take any part of your file system 
and string them across different drives or different locations!! For 
example, if your hard drive is getting full, you could put part of it on 
a separate hard drive, like have your /home on /dev/hdb and the rest of 
your file system on /dev/hda! I have done this in the past as I have had 
systems getting full and didnt want to redo everything, so I popped in a 
new drive, edited my /etc/fstab file and moved files accordingly and 
voila! With NFS, you could have your /home (for instance) on a different 
Linux box entirely, this way if your on a LAN, whatever workstation you 
sit down at, would have your exact login!
Also, keep an eye on /var/log stuff for files that grow and take space, 
mine is currently at 11MB on this box. Keep an eye on /var/spool/mail 
too, if you don't have root's mail going somewhere, this will accumulate 
too.

frank at mogosystems.com wrote:

>That extra 8 contiguous blocks is an awesome idea. I like forward thinking.
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>I found out what I suspected. When I install FC2 it was a 6GB install because
>eventually I will use everything. It has grown to 11GB. My Toshiba Sattelites
>20GB HDD will soon be full.
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>I won't be able to make the meeting on Sunday since I have my children. Seems you
>always schedule the meetings on those Sundays.
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>On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 18:30 , Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com> sent:
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>>defragmenting is not necessary on ext2(3) file system because the file 
>>system sets aside 8 contiguous blocks at the end of the file in 
>>anticipation of the file's growth, pretty neat trick that keeps the 
>>fragmentation to an average of 2 to 5%.
>>as for hdd usage, i like the command line with "df -lh", that pretty 
>>much says it all. If you installed the kde desktop on your Fedora box 
>>too, look in the menu or type "kdf" at a command prompt, theres tons 
>>other too but none come to mind right now.
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>>frank at mogosystems.com wrote:
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>>>Is there a graphical interface (Pie chart, meter) that hsows your HDD 
>>>usage etc? Is there a defragmenter?
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>>>*On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 15:27 , Jesse Jarzynka 
>>>denisesballs at thecybersource.com> sent:
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>>>    The art.gnome.org link takes you to a log in screen? That's odd, every
>>>    time i click it, it takes me right there. Try typing it in manually.
>>>    -Jesse
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>>>    On Fri, 2004-10-15 at 18:44 +0000, frank at mogosystems.com
>>>    frank at mogosystems.com','','','')>
>>>    wrote:
>>>    > Thanks for the info. That sounds like a great start.
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>>>    > That link to art.gnome.org doesn't takes me to a log in screen.
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>>>    > On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 13:52 , Jesse Jarzynka
>>>    > denisesballs at thecybersource.com
>>>    denisesballs at thecybersource.com','','','')>>
>>>    sent:
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>>>    > If you use apt-get, do a 'du -lh' on
>>>    > your /var/cache/apt/archives directory. That keeps all the
>>>    > rpms you've already installed from apt-get. If it's a
>>>    > substantial amount, or if you want to delete them do 'apt-get
>>>    > clean'. Another directory to check would be your /tmp,
>>>    > although I've never seen much in there, maybe you do. That
>>>    > should clear up some space.
>>>    > A good place for window borders and icons and such is
>>>    > http://art.gnome.org.
>>>     They have
>>>    some great ones there, if you
>>>    > use gnome. I'm not sure if the themes would work in KDE too,
>>>    > if that's what you are using. Good luck, -Jesse
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