Problem with low disk space

[badribha]

Hi

I hv a problem of disk space that i overlooked at the initial stage. Now, after log in as root, i got message "you have mail" & "have a lot of fun"...

i try to start in failsafe and using CD, but still have the same error message. Kindly assist me.

TQ
badr

[scrarfussi]

You could use a livecd like gparted too resize your partitions

[bigtomrodney]

If your disk is full just from /tmp or /var/logs you can mount the drive with a livecd and clear it manually. Otherwise I'd go with scrarfussi's option.

[valan]

I'm kind of lost here, what does having mail have to do with the disk space? The mail message is not an error and it says nothing about having a full disk. Generally you can deal with mail with the mail command.

[bigtomrodney]

I'm kind of lost here, what does having mail have to do with the disk space? The mail message is not an error and it says nothing about having a full disk. Generally you can deal with mail with the mail command.

I get the impression he means he was dropped to a terminal login instead of X starting, or that possibly even the login prompt is not coming up. I've seen both on full partitions.