Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Hilco Wijbenga <hilco.wijbenga@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [Gentoo install] Disk full at 35%?
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 03:33:03
Message-Id: CAE1pOi26nR1zRt1aPM1v+vWTq0=jsRYTXK8+WRj2sRz+KGA32Q@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] [Gentoo install] Disk full at 35%? by Paul Hartman
1 On 20 August 2011 20:05, Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 8:41 PM, Hilco Wijbenga
3 > <hilco.wijbenga@×××××.com> wrote:
4 >> However, when I try to extract the Portage snapshot, I get "No space
5 >> left on device" a long way into the untar process. According to df
6 >> /portage (i.e. /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage) is only 35% full. In fact, not
7 >> a single partition or mount is even close to full (except for
8 >> /mnt/static, the DVD).
9 >
10 > Try "df -i" to check your inode usage.
11
12 Yes, thanks, I had just found out about "df -i" myself. :-)