What unnecessary folders are possible to delete to clear a disk space
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Good day!
I have a problem with an insuficient disk space on Linux Mint 18.3
System didnt recognize that I deleted files and didnt update an empty space.
For now, I couldnt enter a login form - have these errors
Begin: Will now check root file system ...
fsck from util-linux 2.27.1 [/sbin/fsck.ext4 (1) -- /dev/sda5]
fsck.ext4 -a -CO /dev/sda5
/dev/sda5 contains file system with errors, check forced.
[ 10.803397] random: crng init done | 0.3% /dev/sda5:
Extended attribute block 2740536 has reference account 6, should be 5.
/dev/sd5: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY.
fsck exited with status code 4 done.
Failture: File system check of the root filesystem failed
The root filesystem on /dev/sda5 requires a manual fsck
[ 36.975860] hidraw: raw HID events driver (C) Jiri Kosina
[ 36.975860] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 36.975860] usbhid: USB HID core driver
BusyBox v 1.22.1 (Ubuntu......
I launched this command in command line
(initramfs) df -P
And got this
Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity MountedOn
udev 1935236 0 1935236 0% /dev
tmpfs 391752 0 391752 0% /run
I suppose that a solution can be errase some files, but I dont know which not to corrupt a system.
After write ls in root folder I have this
dev scripts sbin etc run bin lib proc
root var usr lib64 conf init sys tmp
Can you help me to solve it, all of my files are inside /home folder, and encrypted (I couldnt copy them from Windows tools)?
linux linux-mint memory disk
asked Jun 13 at 18:59
Mike Ciote
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Good day!
I have a problem with an insuficient disk space on Linux Mint 18.3
System didnt recognize that I deleted files and didnt update an empty space.
For now, I couldnt enter a login form - have these errors
Begin: Will now check root file system ...
fsck from util-linux 2.27.1 [/sbin/fsck.ext4 (1) -- /dev/sda5]
fsck.ext4 -a -CO /dev/sda5
/dev/sda5 contains file system with errors, check forced.
[ 10.803397] random: crng init done | 0.3% /dev/sda5:
Extended attribute block 2740536 has reference account 6, should be 5.
/dev/sd5: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY.
fsck exited with status code 4 done.
Failture: File system check of the root filesystem failed
The root filesystem on /dev/sda5 requires a manual fsck
[ 36.975860] hidraw: raw HID events driver (C) Jiri Kosina
[ 36.975860] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 36.975860] usbhid: USB HID core driver
BusyBox v 1.22.1 (Ubuntu......
I launched this command in command line
(initramfs) df -P
And got this
Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity MountedOn
udev 1935236 0 1935236 0% /dev
tmpfs 391752 0 391752 0% /run
I suppose that a solution can be errase some files, but I dont know which not to corrupt a system.
After write ls in root folder I have this
dev scripts sbin etc run bin lib proc
root var usr lib64 conf init sys tmp
Can you help me to solve it, all of my files are inside /home folder, and encrypted (I couldnt copy them from Windows tools)?
linux linux-mint memory disk
asked Jun 13 at 18:59
Mike Ciote
113
3
Did you do a manual fsck of the root file system?
– Kusalananda
Jun 13 at 19:01
fsckdoesnt exist like a command..sudoas well
– Mike Ciote
Jun 13 at 19:05
The pathname of thefsckcommand is right there in the message in front of you.
– JdeBP
Jun 14 at 6:09
My solution. The problem was about insufficient disk memory space. I dont know why file system was crashed, but after an obvious decision to use Live USB like a way to launchfsck, I checked the broken partition manually, and then deleted installed libraries from /etc, in my case, npm and global packages. Then, it was possible to run a system in a normal mode, and clean other files from user home folder. Thanks for help!
– Mike Ciote
Jul 2 at 3:38
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up vote
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down vote
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Good day!
I have a problem with an insuficient disk space on Linux Mint 18.3
System didnt recognize that I deleted files and didnt update an empty space.
For now, I couldnt enter a login form - have these errors
Begin: Will now check root file system ...
fsck from util-linux 2.27.1 [/sbin/fsck.ext4 (1) -- /dev/sda5]
fsck.ext4 -a -CO /dev/sda5
/dev/sda5 contains file system with errors, check forced.
[ 10.803397] random: crng init done | 0.3% /dev/sda5:
Extended attribute block 2740536 has reference account 6, should be 5.
/dev/sd5: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY.
fsck exited with status code 4 done.
Failture: File system check of the root filesystem failed
The root filesystem on /dev/sda5 requires a manual fsck
[ 36.975860] hidraw: raw HID events driver (C) Jiri Kosina
[ 36.975860] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 36.975860] usbhid: USB HID core driver
BusyBox v 1.22.1 (Ubuntu......
I launched this command in command line
(initramfs) df -P
And got this
Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity MountedOn
udev 1935236 0 1935236 0% /dev
tmpfs 391752 0 391752 0% /run
I suppose that a solution can be errase some files, but I dont know which not to corrupt a system.
After write ls in root folder I have this
dev scripts sbin etc run bin lib proc
root var usr lib64 conf init sys tmp
Can you help me to solve it, all of my files are inside /home folder, and encrypted (I couldnt copy them from Windows tools)?
linux linux-mint memory disk
asked Jun 13 at 18:59
Mike Ciote
113
Good day!
I have a problem with an insuficient disk space on Linux Mint 18.3
System didnt recognize that I deleted files and didnt update an empty space.
For now, I couldnt enter a login form - have these errors
Begin: Will now check root file system ...
fsck from util-linux 2.27.1 [/sbin/fsck.ext4 (1) -- /dev/sda5]
fsck.ext4 -a -CO /dev/sda5
/dev/sda5 contains file system with errors, check forced.
[ 10.803397] random: crng init done | 0.3% /dev/sda5:
Extended attribute block 2740536 has reference account 6, should be 5.
/dev/sd5: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY.
fsck exited with status code 4 done.
Failture: File system check of the root filesystem failed
The root filesystem on /dev/sda5 requires a manual fsck
[ 36.975860] hidraw: raw HID events driver (C) Jiri Kosina
[ 36.975860] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 36.975860] usbhid: USB HID core driver
BusyBox v 1.22.1 (Ubuntu......
I launched this command in command line
(initramfs) df -P
And got this
Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity MountedOn
udev 1935236 0 1935236 0% /dev
tmpfs 391752 0 391752 0% /run
I suppose that a solution can be errase some files, but I dont know which not to corrupt a system.
After write ls in root folder I have this
dev scripts sbin etc run bin lib proc
root var usr lib64 conf init sys tmp
Can you help me to solve it, all of my files are inside /home folder, and encrypted (I couldnt copy them from Windows tools)?
linux linux-mint memory disk
asked Jun 13 at 18:59
Mike Ciote
113
edited Jun 13 at 19:13
asked Jun 13 at 18:59
Mike Ciote
113
asked Jun 13 at 18:59
Mike Ciote
113
asked Jun 13 at 18:59
Mike Ciote
113
113
3
Did you do a manual fsck of the root file system?
– Kusalananda
Jun 13 at 19:01
fsckdoesnt exist like a command..sudoas well
– Mike Ciote
Jun 13 at 19:05
The pathname of thefsckcommand is right there in the message in front of you.
– JdeBP
Jun 14 at 6:09
My solution. The problem was about insufficient disk memory space. I dont know why file system was crashed, but after an obvious decision to use Live USB like a way to launchfsck, I checked the broken partition manually, and then deleted installed libraries from /etc, in my case, npm and global packages. Then, it was possible to run a system in a normal mode, and clean other files from user home folder. Thanks for help!
– Mike Ciote
Jul 2 at 3:38
add a comment |Â
3
Did you do a manual fsck of the root file system?
– Kusalananda
Jun 13 at 19:01
fsckdoesnt exist like a command..sudoas well
– Mike Ciote
Jun 13 at 19:05
The pathname of thefsckcommand is right there in the message in front of you.
– JdeBP
Jun 14 at 6:09
My solution. The problem was about insufficient disk memory space. I dont know why file system was crashed, but after an obvious decision to use Live USB like a way to launchfsck, I checked the broken partition manually, and then deleted installed libraries from /etc, in my case, npm and global packages. Then, it was possible to run a system in a normal mode, and clean other files from user home folder. Thanks for help!
– Mike Ciote
Jul 2 at 3:38
3
3
Did you do a manual fsck of the root file system?
– Kusalananda
Jun 13 at 19:01
Did you do a manual fsck of the root file system?
– Kusalananda
Jun 13 at 19:01
fsck doesnt exist like a command.. sudo as well– Mike Ciote
Jun 13 at 19:05
fsck doesnt exist like a command.. sudo as well– Mike Ciote
Jun 13 at 19:05
The pathname of the
fsck command is right there in the message in front of you.– JdeBP
Jun 14 at 6:09
The pathname of the
fsck command is right there in the message in front of you.– JdeBP
Jun 14 at 6:09
My solution. The problem was about insufficient disk memory space. I dont know why file system was crashed, but after an obvious decision to use Live USB like a way to launch
fsck, I checked the broken partition manually, and then deleted installed libraries from /etc, in my case, npm and global packages. Then, it was possible to run a system in a normal mode, and clean other files from user home folder. Thanks for help!– Mike Ciote
Jul 2 at 3:38
My solution. The problem was about insufficient disk memory space. I dont know why file system was crashed, but after an obvious decision to use Live USB like a way to launch
fsck, I checked the broken partition manually, and then deleted installed libraries from /etc, in my case, npm and global packages. Then, it was possible to run a system in a normal mode, and clean other files from user home folder. Thanks for help!– Mike Ciote
Jul 2 at 3:38
add a comment |Â
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None of your posted errors say anything about disk space problems, no need to erase any files. /dev and /run are not your root filesystem.
Your output from df -P is showing those mounts are using 0% of their total capacity and zero blocks used, not using any space at all.
Your post does say that you have disk errors that need to be checked with a manual fsck of your file system. The fsck command is available somewhere, that is the program that output the error you posted so you must have it installed. It seems more like your machine won't boot due to your disk errors, and you are stuck in a limited, pre-boot environment.
If you are unable to boot into a usable environment, you should look into booting with a LiveCD or USB to be able to manually run fsck on your filesystems.
If you can get fsck to run successfully and it can repair the errors, you should be able to boot from that disk again.
edited Jun 14 at 6:10
JdeBP
28k459133
answered Jun 13 at 21:41
GracefulRestart
70417
Thanks for reply! I have a bootable USB. Can you tell me please how can I run this commandfsckwhich can be applied for the installed system. I mean, when Im loading a USB, it will show me an install screen (GUI) with a Linux from USB. And should I use any flags? Maybe do you know a manual?
– Mike Ciote
Jun 14 at 1:29
Aboutfsck. I just need to launch it, and thats all? Or there is a bit of magic?
– Mike Ciote
Jun 14 at 1:33
You say you get an install screen with your USB boot, you do not want to install but there should a "repair" option or something similar. In the repair environment, you would want to verify the location of the filesystem you want to scan (in your output it is /dev/sda5, but in a different boot environment it could be named something else). At the command line prompt, runfsck.ext4 -y /dev/$PARTITION. The-yoption tellsfsckto answer "yes" to everything, omit that option if you want to be prompted for each error.
– GracefulRestart
Jun 14 at 2:55
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1 Answer
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active
oldest
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1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
1
down vote
None of your posted errors say anything about disk space problems, no need to erase any files. /dev and /run are not your root filesystem.
Your output from df -P is showing those mounts are using 0% of their total capacity and zero blocks used, not using any space at all.
Your post does say that you have disk errors that need to be checked with a manual fsck of your file system. The fsck command is available somewhere, that is the program that output the error you posted so you must have it installed. It seems more like your machine won't boot due to your disk errors, and you are stuck in a limited, pre-boot environment.
If you are unable to boot into a usable environment, you should look into booting with a LiveCD or USB to be able to manually run fsck on your filesystems.
If you can get fsck to run successfully and it can repair the errors, you should be able to boot from that disk again.
edited Jun 14 at 6:10
JdeBP
28k459133
answered Jun 13 at 21:41
GracefulRestart
70417
Thanks for reply! I have a bootable USB. Can you tell me please how can I run this commandfsckwhich can be applied for the installed system. I mean, when Im loading a USB, it will show me an install screen (GUI) with a Linux from USB. And should I use any flags? Maybe do you know a manual?
– Mike Ciote
Jun 14 at 1:29
Aboutfsck. I just need to launch it, and thats all? Or there is a bit of magic?
– Mike Ciote
Jun 14 at 1:33
You say you get an install screen with your USB boot, you do not want to install but there should a "repair" option or something similar. In the repair environment, you would want to verify the location of the filesystem you want to scan (in your output it is /dev/sda5, but in a different boot environment it could be named something else). At the command line prompt, runfsck.ext4 -y /dev/$PARTITION. The-yoption tellsfsckto answer "yes" to everything, omit that option if you want to be prompted for each error.
– GracefulRestart
Jun 14 at 2:55
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
None of your posted errors say anything about disk space problems, no need to erase any files. /dev and /run are not your root filesystem.
Your output from df -P is showing those mounts are using 0% of their total capacity and zero blocks used, not using any space at all.
Your post does say that you have disk errors that need to be checked with a manual fsck of your file system. The fsck command is available somewhere, that is the program that output the error you posted so you must have it installed. It seems more like your machine won't boot due to your disk errors, and you are stuck in a limited, pre-boot environment.
If you are unable to boot into a usable environment, you should look into booting with a LiveCD or USB to be able to manually run fsck on your filesystems.
If you can get fsck to run successfully and it can repair the errors, you should be able to boot from that disk again.
edited Jun 14 at 6:10
JdeBP
28k459133
answered Jun 13 at 21:41
GracefulRestart
70417
Thanks for reply! I have a bootable USB. Can you tell me please how can I run this commandfsckwhich can be applied for the installed system. I mean, when Im loading a USB, it will show me an install screen (GUI) with a Linux from USB. And should I use any flags? Maybe do you know a manual?
– Mike Ciote
Jun 14 at 1:29
Aboutfsck. I just need to launch it, and thats all? Or there is a bit of magic?
– Mike Ciote
Jun 14 at 1:33
You say you get an install screen with your USB boot, you do not want to install but there should a "repair" option or something similar. In the repair environment, you would want to verify the location of the filesystem you want to scan (in your output it is /dev/sda5, but in a different boot environment it could be named something else). At the command line prompt, runfsck.ext4 -y /dev/$PARTITION. The-yoption tellsfsckto answer "yes" to everything, omit that option if you want to be prompted for each error.
– GracefulRestart
Jun 14 at 2:55
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
up vote
1
down vote
None of your posted errors say anything about disk space problems, no need to erase any files. /dev and /run are not your root filesystem.
Your output from df -P is showing those mounts are using 0% of their total capacity and zero blocks used, not using any space at all.
Your post does say that you have disk errors that need to be checked with a manual fsck of your file system. The fsck command is available somewhere, that is the program that output the error you posted so you must have it installed. It seems more like your machine won't boot due to your disk errors, and you are stuck in a limited, pre-boot environment.
If you are unable to boot into a usable environment, you should look into booting with a LiveCD or USB to be able to manually run fsck on your filesystems.
If you can get fsck to run successfully and it can repair the errors, you should be able to boot from that disk again.
edited Jun 14 at 6:10
JdeBP
28k459133
answered Jun 13 at 21:41
GracefulRestart
70417
None of your posted errors say anything about disk space problems, no need to erase any files. /dev and /run are not your root filesystem.
Your output from df -P is showing those mounts are using 0% of their total capacity and zero blocks used, not using any space at all.
Your post does say that you have disk errors that need to be checked with a manual fsck of your file system. The fsck command is available somewhere, that is the program that output the error you posted so you must have it installed. It seems more like your machine won't boot due to your disk errors, and you are stuck in a limited, pre-boot environment.
If you are unable to boot into a usable environment, you should look into booting with a LiveCD or USB to be able to manually run fsck on your filesystems.
If you can get fsck to run successfully and it can repair the errors, you should be able to boot from that disk again.
edited Jun 14 at 6:10
JdeBP
28k459133
answered Jun 13 at 21:41
GracefulRestart
70417
edited Jun 14 at 6:10
JdeBP
28k459133
edited Jun 14 at 6:10
JdeBP
28k459133
edited Jun 14 at 6:10
JdeBP
28k459133
28k459133
answered Jun 13 at 21:41
GracefulRestart
70417
answered Jun 13 at 21:41
GracefulRestart
70417
answered Jun 13 at 21:41
GracefulRestart
70417
70417
Thanks for reply! I have a bootable USB. Can you tell me please how can I run this commandfsckwhich can be applied for the installed system. I mean, when Im loading a USB, it will show me an install screen (GUI) with a Linux from USB. And should I use any flags? Maybe do you know a manual?
– Mike Ciote
Jun 14 at 1:29
Aboutfsck. I just need to launch it, and thats all? Or there is a bit of magic?
– Mike Ciote
Jun 14 at 1:33
You say you get an install screen with your USB boot, you do not want to install but there should a "repair" option or something similar. In the repair environment, you would want to verify the location of the filesystem you want to scan (in your output it is /dev/sda5, but in a different boot environment it could be named something else). At the command line prompt, runfsck.ext4 -y /dev/$PARTITION. The-yoption tellsfsckto answer "yes" to everything, omit that option if you want to be prompted for each error.
– GracefulRestart
Jun 14 at 2:55
add a comment |Â
Thanks for reply! I have a bootable USB. Can you tell me please how can I run this commandfsckwhich can be applied for the installed system. I mean, when Im loading a USB, it will show me an install screen (GUI) with a Linux from USB. And should I use any flags? Maybe do you know a manual?
– Mike Ciote
Jun 14 at 1:29
Aboutfsck. I just need to launch it, and thats all? Or there is a bit of magic?
– Mike Ciote
Jun 14 at 1:33
You say you get an install screen with your USB boot, you do not want to install but there should a "repair" option or something similar. In the repair environment, you would want to verify the location of the filesystem you want to scan (in your output it is /dev/sda5, but in a different boot environment it could be named something else). At the command line prompt, runfsck.ext4 -y /dev/$PARTITION. The-yoption tellsfsckto answer "yes" to everything, omit that option if you want to be prompted for each error.
– GracefulRestart
Jun 14 at 2:55
Thanks for reply! I have a bootable USB. Can you tell me please how can I run this command
fsck which can be applied for the installed system. I mean, when Im loading a USB, it will show me an install screen (GUI) with a Linux from USB. And should I use any flags? Maybe do you know a manual?– Mike Ciote
Jun 14 at 1:29
Thanks for reply! I have a bootable USB. Can you tell me please how can I run this command
fsck which can be applied for the installed system. I mean, when Im loading a USB, it will show me an install screen (GUI) with a Linux from USB. And should I use any flags? Maybe do you know a manual?– Mike Ciote
Jun 14 at 1:29
About
fsck. I just need to launch it, and thats all? Or there is a bit of magic?– Mike Ciote
Jun 14 at 1:33
About
fsck. I just need to launch it, and thats all? Or there is a bit of magic?– Mike Ciote
Jun 14 at 1:33
You say you get an install screen with your USB boot, you do not want to install but there should a "repair" option or something similar. In the repair environment, you would want to verify the location of the filesystem you want to scan (in your output it is /dev/sda5, but in a different boot environment it could be named something else). At the command line prompt, run
fsck.ext4 -y /dev/$PARTITION. The -y option tells fsck to answer "yes" to everything, omit that option if you want to be prompted for each error.– GracefulRestart
Jun 14 at 2:55
You say you get an install screen with your USB boot, you do not want to install but there should a "repair" option or something similar. In the repair environment, you would want to verify the location of the filesystem you want to scan (in your output it is /dev/sda5, but in a different boot environment it could be named something else). At the command line prompt, run
fsck.ext4 -y /dev/$PARTITION. The -y option tells fsck to answer "yes" to everything, omit that option if you want to be prompted for each error.– GracefulRestart
Jun 14 at 2:55
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3
Did you do a manual fsck of the root file system?
– Kusalananda
Jun 13 at 19:01
fsckdoesnt exist like a command..sudoas well– Mike Ciote
Jun 13 at 19:05
The pathname of the
fsckcommand is right there in the message in front of you.– JdeBP
Jun 14 at 6:09
My solution. The problem was about insufficient disk memory space. I dont know why file system was crashed, but after an obvious decision to use Live USB like a way to launch
fsck, I checked the broken partition manually, and then deleted installed libraries from /etc, in my case, npm and global packages. Then, it was possible to run a system in a normal mode, and clean other files from user home folder. Thanks for help!– Mike Ciote
Jul 2 at 3:38