memory or Inode problem?

[rekblom]

My xubuntu server has started behaving badly. I suspect that the problem has to do with available memory on the root, when checking I get:

dyn0921:~$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sdb3 261G 7.8G 245G 4% /
varrun 4.0G 132K 4.0G 1% /var/run
varlock 4.0G 0 4.0G 0% /var/lock
udev 4.0G 60K 4.0G 1% /dev
devshm 4.0G 0 4.0G 0% /dev/shm
/dev/sdb1 183M 156M 17M 91% /boot
/dev/sdb2 187G 15G 163G 9% /data
/dev/sda2 466G 212G 255G 46% /media/win

dyn0921:~$ df -ih
Filesystem Inodes IUsed IFree IUse% Mounted on
/dev/sdb3 261K 261K 0 100% /
varrun 1000K 65 1000K 1% /var/run
varlock 1000K 2 1000K 1% /var/lock
udev 1000K 3.0K 997K 1% /dev
devshm 1000K 1 1000K 1% /dev/shm
/dev/sdb1 48K 78 47K 1% /boot
/dev/sdb2 187K 418 186K 1% /data
/dev/sda2 259M 4.0M 255M 2% /media/win

What can I do about this?
/Robert

[RobinVossen]

Repartition, have a look at a LiveCD that uses GParted..

[Lakshmipathi]

Robert,Welcome to LF!!

My xubuntu server has started behaving badly

What you exactly mean by " behaving badly" ? Are you getting error messages or system hangs ?

Explain more about your problem ...

[Rubberman]

Well, it does seem that you are out of available inodes on /. You might clear out /tmp and see if that helps free some up. In any case, /usr and /opt appear to be on the same file system and you just have too much there. Can you mount /usr and/or /opt on a new file system and/or disc? That should clear up resources on / unless you can totally reconfigure your system mounts.

[rekblom]

Thanks for the quick replies!
The problems were that I failed to install new updates and download files. I solved the problem temporarily by moving some large folders from /home to /data wich freed up some Inodes on the root. Still there is only a few percent available and I also noticed that most of the memory on /boot is used up. I'm really a beginner at linux admin so I need all the help I can get...

Is there a easy way of repartitioning the system without loosing data and programs?

Thanks,
/Robert