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Re: Cannot delete files

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On Sat, 26 May 2018 13:42:51 -0500 David Wright said:

> That's a new one on me: is it meant to happen? It seems like a
> Catch-22 if you can't delete files when a partition is full.
> All I've observed is that various things get stuck, depending on
> the filesystem involved (usually /home in my case).

mke2fs or tune2fs "-m" (reserved blocks percentage) is for these situations.
When the partition is full (minus reserved blocks) regular users cannot write
anymore except root. It's default value while filesystem creation is 5%, which
is too much for a partition larger than several gigs. I drop it to 1% (tune2fs
-m 1) for all partitions after installation.

As for OP, if disk-full condition was the case, then he could switch to root on
terminal session and delete some files.

Regards
-- 
Abdullah Ramazanoğlu

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Cannot delete files ben <bcp123@frontiernet.net> - 2018-05-26 20:20 +0200
  Re: Cannot delete files <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-05-26 20:30 +0200
  Re: Cannot delete files Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2018-05-26 20:30 +0200
    Re: Cannot delete files David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-05-26 20:50 +0200
      Re: Cannot delete files Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-05-26 21:00 +0200
        Re: Cannot delete files Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2018-05-26 22:30 +0200
        Re: Cannot delete files David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-05-26 23:00 +0200
          Re: Cannot delete files Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-05-26 23:20 +0200
      Re: Cannot delete files Abdullah Ramazanoğlu <ar018@yahoo.com> - 2018-05-26 21:00 +0200
      Re: Cannot delete files <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-05-26 22:00 +0200

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