or you might be out of inodes. try "df -i" If so then it would suggest there are lots of small files cluttering up your system.
Cameron. > -----Original Message----- > From: David Kramer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, 16 December 2002 17:04 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: no space left on device, while it's not true! > > > On Monday 16 December 2002 02:01 am, HAOYANG LIU wrote: > > After the meal, I saw an error message on my Redhat 7.3 desktop "no > > space left on device". I tried to ignore it but it kept > appearing so I > > rebooted my computer. while it's being rebooted, I saw > > touch: careating '/var/lock/subsys/xinetd' No space left on > device [Fail] > > touch: careating '/var/lock/subsys/lpd' No space left on > device [Fail] > > and so on. > > Then I noticed startx wouldn't run as it used to be and I > had to log on via > > the text screen. Surpringly, I found I couldn't create new > fils under "/", > > nor the /var directory and the error message was always no > space left. > > However, I still could create files under my own direcotry > at /home. I used > > df to check the diskspace and saw only 40% of "/" was used! > > I have a lot of things to do and I do need my linux come back... > > What shall I do now? > > Help, please! > > First, post the output of df and mount. > > My first guess would be that you have / mounted read-only. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > DDDD David Kramer http://thekramers.net > DK KD > DKK D Whenever I think I've accomplished a lot, I just remind > DK KD myself that when Mozart was my age -- he'd been dead > DDDD for 29 years! - Howard Ruff > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
