Big /proc problem

[ahr1@comcast.net]

Gulp, blushing, digging toe into dirt.  Oops!  Returning to very shaky system 
to find something else monsterous.  Sorry 'bout that, folks.
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W3AHR
ahr1 at comcast.net
Downingtown, PA
> On Monday 29 September 2003 9:32 am, ahr1 at comcast.net wrote:
> > Somehow I've done some not-so-wonderous things to my RH9 installation:
> > I have a Monsterous (348Mb) /proc/kcore file which I cannot remove or
> > edit down.  It is preventing me from using the system as it has filled
> > the / partition to full.  I can't change permissions (even as root),
> > rm it, or vi it. Two questions - what can I do to get rid of it? and,
> > - any idea what is the underlying cause of this file's creation and
> > expansion?  Any help will be appreciated.
> > --
> 
> Be prepared to look embarrassed......
> 
> The kcore file is merely a map of memory and doesn't exist.  In fact, all 
> of the 'files' in /proc don't really exist but are created by the kernel 
> to hold information about the system (only while the system is up and 
> running).
> 
> So /proc/kcore is not your problem.  Something else is.
> 
> 
> 
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> + Bruce S. Marshall  bmarsh at bmarsh.com  Bellaire, MI         09/29/03 
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