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Re: I'm stuck, 100% Rootfs in use! I can't free up any space. Help.

Quote:

Originally Posted by reinob (Post 1279633)

MEKKKK ALARM ALARM !!!!

WTF do you have in the /root folder? That's the "home" folder for the root user, and is not under /home but part of the rootfs.
Answer: Don't know what you mean exactly.

Since you should not be logged as root normally I don't think it makes sense to store root's "private" stuff in /root. Just put your files somewhere else. Answer: How?

Recommendation:
become root, cd /root, and then try to (re)move whatever bigger files are clearly not necessary. If in doubt, you can run "du -h" from /root and post the output here (I assume you don't store your p0rn in /root).

0 ./and/mnt/obb
0 ./and/mnt/tmp
0 ./and/mnt/asec
0 ./and/mnt/initfs/and
0 ./and/mnt/initfs
0 ./and/mnt/extsd
0 ./and/mnt/sdcard
0 ./and/mnt/secure/asec
0 ./and/mnt/secure/staging
0 ./and/mnt/secure
0 ./and/mnt
4.0k ./and/var/run/dbus
4.0k ./and/var/run
4.0k ./and/var
8.0k ./and/system/etc/ppp
8.0k ./and/system/etc/bash
96.0k ./and/system/etc/nano
4.0k ./and/system/etc/wifi
8.0k ./and/system/etc/init.d
992.0k ./and/system/etc/security/cacerts
1.1M ./and/system/etc/security
64.0k ./and/system/etc/permissions
24.0k ./and/system/etc/bluetooth
8.0k ./and/system/etc/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-hooks
16.0k ./and/system/etc/dhcpcd
1.8M ./and/system/etc
6.2M ./and/system/tts/lang_pico
6.2M ./and/system/tts
3.5M ./and/system/xbin
13.2M ./and/system/framework
4.0k ./and/system/addon.d
44.0k ./and/system/maemo/bin
12.0k ./and/system/maemo/etc
56.0k ./and/system/maemo
184.0k ./and/system/media/audio/ui
10.0M ./and/system/media/audio/ringtones
1.9M ./and/system/media/audio/notifications
868.0k ./and/system/media/audio/alarms
12.9M ./and/system/media/audio
10.0M ./and/system/media/video
28.1M ./and/system/media
8.0k ./and/system/vendor/etc
8.0k ./and/system/vendor
52.8M ./and/system
0 ./and/config
52.9M ./and
0 ./.pulse
232.0k ./.gstreamer-0.10

I don't store any porn there :)
How do I remove files?

Re: I'm stuck, 100% Rootfs in use! I can't free up any space. Help.

Anyone? I really don't want to flash the phone.

Re: I'm stuck, 100% Rootfs in use! I can't free up any space. Help.

Hello,

If i understand well form you post above, you have only one folder named "and" in your root folder which take a lot of space.

I would suggest to delete or move it.

From the name i think this is related to nitroid so not necessary for maemo and as said before, nothing should be stored in the root folder.

EDIT: I checked on my n900 and do not have this folder. I then assume you can delete it without worry. But i never used nitdroid before and do not know what the deletion will do on youd nitdroid install.

Re: I'm stuck, 100% Rootfs in use! I can't free up any space. Help.

+1

For a moment I thought when writing my previous reply about writing that the suggestion that you had been playing with Nitdroid was off-mark. Glad I didn't :)

Yes, remove that folder.
# rm -rf /root/and

[ Thanks @pichlo, well spotted! :]

Even though I have no experience with Nitdroid, nor do I wish to have any, I cannot believe that it requires storing stuff in the home folder of the Maemo root user. Nevertheless, if removing the folder causes problems with Nitdroid I suggest you go and complain to the Nitdroid people.

Re: I'm stuck, 100% Rootfs in use! I can't free up any space. Help.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mitrigol (Post 1279658)

I used filebox and there is no /and folder.

I was wrong, there is. I didn't look properly.

Re: I'm stuck, 100% Rootfs in use! I can't free up any space. Help.

Quote:

Originally Posted by reinob (Post 1279669)

+1

For a moment I thought when writing my previous reply about writing that the suggestion that you had been playing with Nitdroid was off-mark. Glad I didn't :)

Yes, remove that folder.
# rm -rf /root/.and

Even though I have no experience with Nitdroid, nor do I wish to have any, I cannot believe that it requires storing stuff in the home folder of the Maemo root user. Nevertheless, if removing the folder causes problems with Nitdroid I suggest you go and complain to the Nitdroid people.

Opened xterminal and became root. I did that command but still 100% in use.

Re: I'm stuck, 100% Rootfs in use! I can't free up any space. Help.

Quote:

Originally Posted by n900d-i-y (Post 1279679)

Opened xterminal and became root. I did that command but still 100% in use.

reinob meant # rm -rf /root/and
There was an extra dot in his instructions. Try again.

Re: I'm stuck, 100% Rootfs in use! I can't free up any space. Help.

Quote:

Originally Posted by pichlo (Post 1279680)

reinob meant # rm -rf /root/and
There was an extra dot in his instructions. Try again.

Removed that folder and I'm back in business. Thank you all, once again the Maemo community has helped someone in need.

Thread closed :)

Re: I'm stuck, 100% Rootfs in use! I can't free up any space. Help.

Quote:

Originally Posted by n900d-i-y (Post 1279678)

I used filebox and there is no /and folder.

I was wrong, there is. I didn't look properly.

go to filebox settings -> tick " view hidden files"