[Novalug] Upgrade Ubuntu Edgy to Feisty - Disk-Space Error

[gregory pryzby]

So, you wil start to experience issues (possibly) because you are
running out of space in /var where logs and other bits are kept.

cd /var/log/
clean up 'old files'

depending on what you do w/ logs, remove or move them to a different
partition. I typically remove all logs w/ number greater than 2.

You can 
   du -h /var
to see where the space is being used and clean up

On a different partition, where there is space (external disk whatever) as root
   mkdir archives
   cd /var/cache/apt
   mv archives old-archives
   ln -s /full/path/to/new/archives .
   cd /var/cache/apt/archives
   df -h .
   (should see the space)



On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 09:27:01PM -0400, Roger W. Broseus wrote:
> When I try to upgrade, I get an error saying not enuf space in
> 
> /var/cache/apt/archives
> 
> I've tried apt-get clean, etc., to no avail.
> 
> home has 5 GB free and I've got an external drive - how can I "trick" 
> the system?

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