[H-GEN] "No space left on device" - 0 inodes

[Edwin Groothuis]

On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 05:47:57PM +1000, James Mills wrote:
> My web server, dede has apparently run out of inodes, which is
> supposedly the result of the messages I have been receiving about "No
                 ^^^ reason, not result.

> Space left on device", despite the fact that there is a good 500M of
> space available according to df -h.
> 
> df -i however, reports 0 inodes available to the system.
> 
> This is currently rendering my web server rather unuseable...

In that case, remove some files and you'll see that you can the
number of inodes is decreasing (should be at least).

Despite that empty files don't take up disk space, they do take up
inode space. So look for a directory with a lot of empty files and
you might see where they are used. If you can't find them easily,
reboot the box: with a little bit of luck it will overcome the
problem easier than finding the culprit.

Edwin

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