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Re: "No space left on device" error, but df shows plenty of space

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Hi Kynn,

On Wed, Feb 01, 2017 at 10:43:37AM -0500, Kynn Jones wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 7:24 AM, Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 06:42:39PM -0500, Kynn Jones wrote:
> > > Unfortunately, I'll never know what the problem was.
> >
> > Do you use btrfs?
> 
> Not that I'm aware of.  (FWIW, if I run `mount | grep -i btrfs` (as root),
> I get no output.)

Okay, so not a btrfs issue.

> > What does "df -i" report now, after your reboot when things are
> > working?
> 
>     # df -i
>     Filesystem       Inodes   IUsed    IFree IUse% Mounted on
>     /dev/sda5      24264704 1464023 22800681    7% /

…and that doesn't show as being anywhere near full, so it most
likely wasn't that either.

Well I suppose it could have been processes holding open deleted
files, though it would have to have been some really big files in
that case, as your filesystem didn't show as being anywhere near
full.

Cheers,
Andy

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"No space left on device" error, but df shows plenty of space Kynn Jones <kynnjo@gmail.com> - 2017-01-31 14:10 +0100
  Re: "No space left on device" error, but df shows plenty of space Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2017-01-31 14:30 +0100
  Re: "No space left on device" error, but df shows plenty of space Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo@kalinowski.com.br> - 2017-01-31 14:30 +0100
  Re: "No space left on device" error, but df shows plenty of space Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2017-01-31 14:30 +0100
    Re: "No space left on device" error, but df shows plenty of space Kynn Jones <kynnjo@gmail.com> - 2017-02-01 00:50 +0100
      Re: "No space left on device" error, but df shows plenty of space Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2017-02-01 13:30 +0100
        Re: "No space left on device" error, but df shows plenty of space Kynn Jones <kynnjo@gmail.com> - 2017-02-01 16:50 +0100
          Re: "No space left on device" error, but df shows plenty of space Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2017-02-02 11:10 +0100
            Re: "No space left on device" error, but df shows plenty of space Eike Lantzsch <zp6cge@gmx.net> - 2017-02-02 13:30 +0100
  Re: "No space left on device" error, but df shows plenty of space Tony Baldwin <tonybaldwin@gmx.com> - 2017-01-31 14:30 +0100

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