[mythtv-users] disk full, can't delete files

John Drescher drescherjm at gmail.com
Tue Nov 10 04:44:42 UTC 2009


On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 11:27 PM, David L <idht4n at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm a noob running mythbuntu beta more or less up to date.
> I've found that when the disk is full, mythfrontend crashes
> and so I can't delete files with it.  Since I didn't know
> better, the first time this happened to me, I just deleted
> some of the program files from the command line.
> I've since learned that that is a bad idea (although
> myth really should be able to handle that IMHO,
> but I digress).  It seems I have a chicken/egg problem
> here... mythfrontend isn't happy because the disk is
> full and I can't make the disk less full without
> running mythfrontend to delete files.  What's the right
> way to work around this problem?
>

I would instead of working around this problem do not let it happen in
the first place. In the setup set the "Extra Disk Space" parameter

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/350527

Also do not put your mythtv storage on the same partition as your OS
or database.

John


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