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System volume root's usage is 96%. This condition should not occur under normal conditions
Im running 6.10 and have the above issue - still. So 6.10 is not the solution to the problem. It does noty help that the posting are all closed off with that being panacea. I expect when whatever it is, that has happened as a result of the OS design - not user malparactise - will eventually bring my NAS to a halt - so please let mek now what fix is, is in the menatime until there is a real fix how I can delete files in the root, without having to go back to college!
Thanks,
John H
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You say "still". Does that mean you had the issue and updated with it already present? The fixes in 6.10.0 won't undo the damage from an earlier version's mis-deeds. In fact, updating the firmware on a system with a near-full OS partition is not advasable, as it may complete the filling.
There are messages in the forum about how to resolve the problem using SSH commands. But that's not something everyone should be trying. I must say that if Netgear is charging folks to fix an issue created by bad programming and worse version testing, then shame on them.
Installed 6.10 hoping it would resolve issue. So Netgear - are you coming to save me?
Would a factory-reset fix this? I don't want to attempt the SSH solution.
Not only would a factory reset wipe all the data, it’d also wipe all evidence of what caused the problem in the first place.
The thing about these problems is that you never know if it’s going to be a quick thing to fix or something more complicated.
It’s not normal for the 4GB root volume to fill up. I’ve had systems running for several years without ever filling their root volumes.
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