I followed this option and promptly discovered that I was writing backup files to /media/disk/ which was an alias for the main hard drive which not unsurprisingly eventually filled up. Of course I don't know what program is the culprit so it will eventually fill up again. On 08/10/2010 09:44 PM, John wrote: > I usually do a find search based on file size > > *find / -size +1000000 -print* > > The above examples is any files over a GB. I usually do it as root so > it can hit every directory. I usually start high and work my way down > to see if I can find any files that are taking up too much space and > may not be needed. > > --- On *Tue, 8/10/10, Trent Shipley //* wrote: > > > From: Trent Shipley > Subject: ext3 disk full > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > Date: Tuesday, August 10, 2010, 9:48 PM > > My 250GB ext3 disk on Ubuntu 10.4 is full. I can't find more than > 20GB worth of data on the disk. Disk Usage Analyzer and GUI file > tools show the disk with only 10GB free. Disk utility and e2fsck > show the drive as fine so I can't get it to repair itself. Even > so I have about 220GB of mystery data on the disk. > > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss