On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 8:03 PM, Dazed_75 wrote: > purge old kernels, unused packages, and maybe dump some old logs.  I presume > yoou have emptied trash.  You could try using the Computer Janitor on the > System/Administration menu but I think I have heard mixed opinions about > it.  When you use the disk usage analyzer, be sure to have it scan the whole > file system if you don't know where the extra space is being consumed. > > On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 7:48 PM, Trent Shipley > wrote: >> >> My 250GB ext3 disk on Ubuntu 10.4 is full.  I can't find more than 20GB >> worth of data on the disk.  Disk Usage Analyzer and GUI file tools show the >> disk with only 10GB free.  Disk utility and e2fsck show the drive as fine so >> I can't get it to repair itself.  Even so I have about 220GB of mystery data >> on the disk. >> >> ya, what Dazed_75 said FSLint will be helpful and remember the disk is likely to have a certain percentage (up to %10) of the mounts size reserved for root's use - a just in case feature. http://www.pixelbeat.org/fslint/ --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss