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# 1  
Old 10-29-2010
root out of space in sco 5
DEAR Team,

I need some help in sco open server 5

while booting server beloow message giving server
HTFS no space dev HD 1/42
Thanks
Skb
# 2  
Old 10-29-2010
Can you log in as root?
If so, please post something like:

Code:
df -k

# 3  
Old 10-29-2010
Bring the system up in single user mode, and delete the contents of /tmp and then start looking for files to delete.
Try the following places.
/usr/adm/messages
/usr/adm/syslog
/usr/spool/lp/logs
/usr/spool/mail

When you have 3 or 4 mb of free space run:
cd /
du -a |sort -r -n >/tmp/list

use list to determine what files to delete next.

---------- Post updated at 07:31 AM ---------- Previous update was at 07:24 AM ----------

If it will not complete the boot to single user mode, boot from a diskette, and mount the root file system, then do the deletes.
#mount /dev/hd0root /mnt
# 4  
Old 10-29-2010
unable to login
because time & again server giving same message
# 5  
Old 10-29-2010
You should be able to get to single user mode. Enter the root password at the:
"Enter root password or type <ctrl>d to continue" prompt.
If not, then you will have to boot from an emergency boot floppy.
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