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perky's avatar
perky
Aspirant
Sep 06, 2016

ReadyNAS Duo v1 - Full OS Partition?

 

I'm new to the community and seeking your help in resurrecting my ReadyNas Duo V1.  Its behaviour became increasingly erratic recently and now I've lost access to the shares.  Having researched the symptoms on this community, I suspect that I may have a full OS partition.  

 

I've been using information on other posts to troubleshoot.  Useful posts that I have followed to date are:

 

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Using-your-ReadyNAS/Readynas-NV-V1-Mounting-OS-partition-in-support-mode/td-p/8
94479

http://geertvanhorrik.com/2015/09/29/fix-readynas-frontview-broken-or-no-logs-exist-without-losing-data/

https://onlyblueatwork.wordpress.com/2012/12/04/netgear-readynas-access-recovery/

 

I did not have SSH enabled and am unable to install the add-on (presumably because the partition is full).  I have however managed to start the NAS in Tech Support Mode (http://netgear.nas-central.org/wiki/TechSupportMode) and have been successful in Telnetting on to it using Putty. I've managed to mount the OS partition:

 

# /bin/start_raid.sh
# mount /dev/hdc1 /sysroot

 

Looking in /sysroot/var/log, I do see some big files:

 

-rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 4767744 messages
-rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 4603904 kern.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 8765440 daemon.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 81920 cron.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 15830829 syslog
-rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 53133312 auth.log

 

Now I'm nervous!  What is the recommended way to clear space?  Can I just delete say, auth.log?

 

ReadyNAS OS 6 on Legacy models

8 Replies

  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Sep 08, 2016

    How full is the OS partition?  (df and df -i can tell you this)

     

    It's best not to delete the log files.  You can empty them using echo > filename

  • mdgm-ntgr's avatar
    mdgm-ntgr
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    Sep 08, 2016

    # /sysroot/bin/df -h

    # /sysroot/bin/df -i

    # /sysroot/usr/bin/du -csh /sysroot/var/*

    # /sysroot/usr/bin/du -csh /sysroot/var/log/*

     

    Normally we copy log files onto the data volume before emptying them just in case the logs contain information that may be useful for troubleshooting other issues.

    • perky's avatar
      perky
      Aspirant
      Sep 08, 2016

       

      # /sysroot/bin/df -h
      Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
      rootfs 7.7M 6.5M 1.3M 83% /
      /dev/root 7.7M 6.5M 1.3M 83% /
      tmpfs 16k 0 16k 0% /dev/shm
      /dev/hdc1 1.9G 2.0G 64k 100% /sysroot

       

      # /sysroot/bin/df -i
      Filesystem Inodes IUsed IFree IUse% Mounted on
      rootfs 2048 250 1798 13% /
      /dev/root 2048 250 1798 13% /
      tmpfs 7073 1 7072 1% /dev/shm
      /dev/hdc1 128000 10969 117031 9% /sysroot

       

      # /sysroot/usr/bin/du -csh /sysroot/var/*
      16k /sysroot/var/backups
      47M /sysroot/var/cache
      16k /sysroot/var/ftpd
      38M /sysroot/var/lib
      16k /sysroot/var/local
      32k /sysroot/var/lock
      1.2G /sysroot/var/log
      16k /sysroot/var/mail
      16k /sysroot/var/netatalk
      16k /sysroot/var/opt
      544k /sysroot/var/run
      371M /sysroot/var/spool
      16k /sysroot/var/tmp
      32k /sysroot/var/www
      48k /sysroot/var/yp
      1.6G total

       

      # /sysroot/usr/bin/du -csh /sysroot/var/log/*
      11M /sysroot/var/log/LeafP2P.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/LeafP2P.log.old
      0 /sysroot/var/log/LeafP2P.log.old.old
      0 /sysroot/var/log/LeafP2P.log.old.old.old
      0 /sysroot/var/log/LeafP2P.log.old.old.old.old
      0 /sysroot/var/log/LeafP2P.log.old.old.old.old.old
      0 /sysroot/var/log/LeafP2P.log.old.old.old.old.old.old
      0 /sysroot/var/log/LeafP2P.log.old.old.old.old.old.old.old
      0 /sysroot/var/log/LeafP2P.log.old.old.old.old.old.old.old.old
      51M /sysroot/var/log/auth.log
      80k /sysroot/var/log/cron.log
      64k /sysroot/var/log/cups
      8.4M /sysroot/var/log/daemon.log
      16k /sysroot/var/log/ddns
      0 /sysroot/var/log/debug
      0 /sysroot/var/log/dekoh_access.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/dekoh_access.log.old
      0 /sysroot/var/log/dekoh_access.log.old.old
      0 /sysroot/var/log/dekoh_access.log.old.old.old
      0 /sysroot/var/log/dekoh_error.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/dekoh_error.log.old
      0 /sysroot/var/log/dekoh_out.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/dekoh_out.log.old
      0 /sysroot/var/log/dekoh_out.log.old.old
      16k /sysroot/var/log/dmesg
      32k /sysroot/var/log/exim
      1.1G /sysroot/var/log/frontview
      0 /sysroot/var/log/fsck.log
      4.5M /sysroot/var/log/kern.log
      16k /sysroot/var/log/ksymoops
      0 /sysroot/var/log/lpr.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/mail.log
      4.6M /sysroot/var/log/messages
      0 /sysroot/var/log/mt-daapd.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/mt-daapd.log.old
      0 /sysroot/var/log/netatalk.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/netatalk.log.old
      0 /sysroot/var/log/netatalk.log.old.old
      0 /sysroot/var/log/netatalk.log.old.old.old
      0 /sysroot/var/log/netatalk.log.old.old.old.old
      16k /sysroot/var/log/ntpstats
      0 /sysroot/var/log/raidiator_version
      0 /sysroot/var/log/raidiator_version.old
      192k /sysroot/var/log/samba
      0 /sysroot/var/log/slimserver.log
      16k /sysroot/var/log/squeezecenter
      16M /sysroot/var/log/syslog
      256k /sysroot/var/log/upnp-av.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/upnp-av.log.old
      0 /sysroot/var/log/upnp-av.log.old.old
      0 /sysroot/var/log/upnp-av.log.old.old.old
      0 /sysroot/var/log/upnp-av.log.old.old.old.old
      0 /sysroot/var/log/upnp-av.log.old.old.old.old.old
      0 /sysroot/var/log/upnp-av.log.old.old.old.old.old.old
      0 /sysroot/var/log/upnp-av.log.old.old.old.old.old.old.old
      0 /sysroot/var/log/upnp-av.log.old.old.old.old.old.old.old.old
      0 /sysroot/var/log/upnp-av.log.old.old.old.old.old.old.old.old.old
      0 /sysroot/var/log/user.log
      1.2G total

       

      # /sysroot/usr/bin/du -csh /sysroot/var/log/frontview/*
      16k /sysroot/var/log/frontview/access.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/apache-ssl.pid.old
      16k /sysroot/var/log/frontview/backup
      16k /sysroot/var/log/frontview/command.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/disk_smart_2016_05_29.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/disk_smart_2016_06_05.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/disk_smart_2016_06_12.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/disk_smart_2016_06_20.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/disk_smart_2016_07_03.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/disk_smart_2016_07_19.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/disk_smart_2016_08_01.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/disk_smart_2016_08_14.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/disk_smart_2016_08_21.log
      16k /sysroot/var/log/frontview/disk_smart_2016_08_30.log
      16k /sysroot/var/log/frontview/disk_usage.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/disk_usage.log.old
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/ecounter_2016_08_30_2209.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/ecounter_2016_08_30_2241.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/ecounter_2016_08_31_2030.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/ecounter_2016_08_31_2030.log.old
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/ecounter_2016_08_31_2112.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/enclosure.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/enclosure.log.old
      1.1G /sysroot/var/log/frontview/error.log
      16k /sysroot/var/log/frontview/memory.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/memory.log.old
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/partitions_2016_05_29.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/partitions_2016_06_05.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/partitions_2016_06_12.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/partitions_2016_06_20.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/partitions_2016_07_03.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/partitions_2016_07_19.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/partitions_2016_08_01.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/partitions_2016_08_14.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/partitions_2016_08_21.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/partitions_2016_08_30.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/raid_config_2016_05_29.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/raid_config_2016_06_05.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/raid_config_2016_06_12.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/raid_config_2016_06_20.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/raid_config_2016_07_03.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/raid_config_2016_07_19.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/raid_config_2016_08_01.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/raid_config_2016_08_14.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/raid_config_2016_08_21.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/raid_config_2016_08_30.log
      16k /sysroot/var/log/frontview/smart_errors_hdc
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/smart_errors_hdc.old
      16k /sysroot/var/log/frontview/smart_errors_hde
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/smart_errors_hde.old
      16k /sysroot/var/log/frontview/spool.err
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/spool.err.old
      16k /sysroot/var/log/frontview/spool.log
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/spool.log.old
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/spool.log.old.old
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/status.log-new
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/status.log-new.old
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/status.log-new.old.old
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/status.log-old
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/status.log-old.old
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/status.log-old.old.old
      0 /sysroot/var/log/frontview/status.log-old.old.old.old
      1.1G total

      • perky's avatar
        perky
        Aspirant
        Sep 08, 2016

        So: /sysroot/var/log/frontview/error.log at 1.1G would appear to be the biggest.  Is this the likely culprit?  What is the recommended next steps.  Really appreciate your help here.  Thanks so much.

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