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On Thursday 28 May 2009 17:46:03 Maxim Wexler wrote: |
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> Hi group, |
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> For a netbook 4G SSD. Attempting to install mozilla-firefox. jdk |
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> fails: No space left on device. |
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> df -i reveals no more inodes. I reboot thinking this will help. Wrong. |
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> Lots of 'No space left on device messages' with reference to |
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> /var/lib/iinit.d/* in the boot console. And this gem: '*ERROR: local |
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> is already starting'. And: '*ERROR: netmount is already starting'. |
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> df -i |
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> Filesytem Inodes Iused IFree IUse% Mounted on |
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> /dev/sda2 244320 244301 19 100% / |
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> udev 128448 612 127836 1% /dev |
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> /dev/sda1 8032 39 7993 1% /boot |
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> tmpfs 128448 3 1 28445 1% /tmp |
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> FYI sda2 is formatted ext3. |
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> I know 4G is pretty small by today's standards but apart from xorg and |
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> firefox everything else on this unit is command-line type utilities |
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> and such. That can't account for 4G already. |
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Your problem isn't that you have no more space. |
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Your problem is that you cannot create any more files. |
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Inodes - google it. |
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> Maxim |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |