[ale] Out of space on root !

[Tom & JaVonn]

Byron:

df -i  shows only 24% of inodes in use on /

( Ya'll respond at lightspeed ! )

Tom

On Thu, 15 Aug 2002 14:36:15 -0400 (EDT)
byron at cc.gatech.edu (Byron A Jeff) wrote:

> > 
> > All:
> > 
> > Building up a recycled PC late last night, I filled up / (lots of space free on /home), but didn't know until this morning when X refused to start.
> > 
> > Immediately freed up 75 MB, and "apt-get clean" brought it up to 175 MB free, then used Tom's RtBt to scan both partitions for errors --- both came thru clean.
> > 
> > STILL can't print 'cause lpr.log says "write failed - No space left on device".
> > 
> > After uninstalling lprng, when reinstalling it refuses to install /etc/lprng/lpr.conf even though it is clearly listed as part of the package.
> > 
> > ANY WAY TO FIX THIS short of starting over ?  Ten minutes on google produced nothing.
> > 
> > Debian stable with 3.2 GB HDD:
> > 
> > Ext2 /
> > Ext2 /home
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Tom
> 
> You have space but you you cannot write.
> 
> Try a 'df -i' because you're probably out of i-nodes.
> 
> BAJ

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