Hello all, I know this question is (strictly speaking) off topic, but if someone could at least point me in the right direction, I would be most grateful. I have an older system (RH 6.2, overdue for upgrade) with an ext2 partition that was pushing 99% filled. I did some space recovery and I have it down to around 90% utilization now. I have rebooted the unit, and brought it up single-user and also booted it under a "Tom's rootboot" disk, and e2fsck reports that the partition is clean. The problem: anything trying to create a file fails with a message about "no space on device" I assume that something important didn't get updated at some point, and that something needs to be rebuilt or recovered. Any recommendations for the tool or method? TIA, A. Becker
On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 02:32:02PM -0400, Alan R.Becker wrote:> Hello all, > I know this question is (strictly speaking) off topic, > but if someone could at least point me in the right > direction, I would be most grateful. > > I have an older system (RH 6.2, overdue for upgrade) with > an ext2 partition that was pushing 99% filled. I did some > space recovery and I have it down to around 90% utilization > now. I have rebooted the unit, and brought it up > single-user and also booted it under a "Tom's > rootboot" disk, and e2fsck reports that the > partition is clean. > > The problem: anything trying to create a file fails > with a message about "no space on device" > > I assume that something important didn't get updated > at some point, and that something needs to be rebuilt or > recovered. Any recommendations for the tool or method?Are you out of inodes? I know you said you deleted some files, but do a "df -i" on the filesystem just to be sure. -- -- Skylar Thompson (skylar@attglobal.net) -- http://www.earlham.edu/~thompsk/
Alan R.Becker wrote:> Hello all, > I know this question is (strictly speaking) off topic, > but if someone could at least point me in the right > direction, I would be most grateful. > > I have an older system (RH 6.2, overdue for upgrade) with > an ext2 partition that was pushing 99% filled. I did some > space recovery and I have it down to around 90% utilization > now. I have rebooted the unit, and brought it up > single-user and also booted it under a "Tom's > rootboot" disk, and e2fsck reports that the > partition is clean. > > The problem: anything trying to create a file fails > with a message about "no space on device" > > I assume that something important didn't get updated > at some point, and that something needs to be rebuilt or > recovered. Any recommendations for the tool or method?Maybe you're running out of inodes. Check with 'df -i'. Regards, Juri
On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 02:32:02PM -0400, Alan R.Becker wrote:> Hello all, > I know this question is (strictly speaking) off topic, > but if someone could at least point me in the right > direction, I would be most grateful. > > I have an older system (RH 6.2, overdue for upgrade) with > an ext2 partition that was pushing 99% filled. I did some > space recovery and I have it down to around 90% utilization > now. I have rebooted the unit, and brought it up > single-user and also booted it under a "Tom's > rootboot" disk, and e2fsck reports that the > partition is clean. > > The problem: anything trying to create a file fails > with a message about "no space on device"Are you perhaps out of inodes? What does "df -i" say? - Ted
Thanks All!! Feeling dumb here. As usual, the advice was on target. I know what to do with this now. A. Becker "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> wrote:> On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 02:32:02PM -0400, Alan R.Becker wrote: > > Hello all, > > I know this question is (strictly speaking) off topic, > > but if someone could at least point me in the right > > direction, I would be most grateful. > > > > I have an older system (RH 6.2, overdue for upgrade) with > > an ext2 partition that was pushing 99% filled. I did some > > space recovery and I have it down to around 90% utilization > > now. I have rebooted the unit, and brought it up > > single-user and also booted it under a "Tom's > > rootboot" disk, and e2fsck reports that the > > partition is clean. > > > > The problem: anything trying to create a file fails > > with a message about "no space on device" > > Are you perhaps out of inodes? What does "df -i" say? > > - Ted > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ext3-users mailing list > Ext3-users@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users