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Volume: System volume root's usage is xx%. This condition should not occur under normal conditions.
Hi all
I've found a few miscellaneous posts about similar problems but none that seem to relate here.
I'm getting the log error:
Volume: System volume root's usage is 92%. This condition should...
df -h gives
so clearly the /dev/md0 bit is the problem.
I've then done:
mount --bind / /mnt du -d1 -h /mnt umount /mnt
This gives:
So the problem seems to be either the 230M /mnt/usr, or the 487 /mnt/Adele
Adele shouldn't be there at all - do you have any idea what it is? It's certainly part of the puzzle (500 MB). If you have another copy of it's contents you should delete it. If not, you can copy it to an existing share on the data volume and then delete the copy in the root. Later on you can put it where you really want it.
But the big problem is /var (2.6 GB) That's about 2 GB more than it should be. So try the mount again and descent into /var. See if you can find where the bulk space is going. When you find the folder, look at the actual file sizes (ls -al), since it might be just one or two files.
i am having he same issue, the big space user on /var/ is in /var/lib/clamav.
There are folders names clamav-*.tmp. these use up over 3GB aand are likely why I am running out of space. is it okay force a delete of those folders? I have ssh access, but not sure how as admin to force the delete (I get permission denied.)
So, just to answer above, I thought the folders where held open by clamav, but it was justs permissions, I used sudo to force root permissions to delete the folders and got back over 50% of my /dev/md0. So it looks like a bug in the anti-virus. my fix was via ssh and using shell commands. experts here can describe so I don't leave around a mess or dangerous instructions.
I am now keeping anti-virus off all the time now....
StephenB - thanks you are right. No idea how Adele got there but it was her album 21! Deleted now.
/var proved to be the anti-virus so cleaned that up and turned it off.
Many thanks.
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