On Saturday 18 June 2005 18:59, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2005-06-18 09:09 +0200, B. Stia wrote:
Wellllllll.....I cured it - not solved it. In my last just recently posted message I speculated about the kernel and kdar. Decided to check.
I stated that after doing another kdar backup (4 files) the problem returned. Remember now, the backup was done by root to a different hard drive. I went in and deleted the files one by one on the other hard drive and watched the / directory diminish in size with KDiskFree.
How did you delete them, using 'kdar', or 'rm'?
Hello Carlos, Deleted them using rm. Funny thing is if I used the GUI and put them in the trash there was no change.
I don't understand how deleting a file in a drive can have effect on another disk ussage... unless kdar does some kind of association "he" is aware of :-?
I dunno Carlos. Beats me. I even duplicated the process by building new Kdar files and deleting them, all the while watching my / directory. Happened again. Be nice if someone else could duplicate the problem. Now, I am not sure, but I don't believe this happened before the latest kernel upgrade.
After deleting them all, my / directory returned to it's mormal size.
The df command was also normal showing only one hdb1 posting. Strange !! Seems impossible. Has to be some kind of bug.
Welllll.. what seems impossible is that the / directory would grow when writing to a completely different hard drive. Anyway, I know now what to avoid in creating future problems of this type. You know the saying. "Burn me once, shame on you. Burn me twice, shame on me."
"Next" time, try 'df /', not 'df /*'.
Bob S.