Urgent: filesystem "full", though space is available

[Armando Cambra]

Or try to find the culprit with lsof (can't remember the options). You will
see some processes using files you don't have --> kill that process and your
space will be freed.

I hope this helps.

Regards and good luck.



On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 5:10 PM, Jerry McAllister <jerrymc at msu.edu> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 08:34:18AM -0700, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote:
>
> This is a FAQ and has to do with space reserved for root(system).
>
> Check the FAQs on the FreeBSD web site.
>
> ////jerry
>
> >
> > Hi, Ive got a big problem now on a production server.
> >
> > When i do various things, i am getting "write failed, file system full"
> > messages all over the place. Ive gone through and deleted
> > things i can, and i should have the space now, but its just
> > not available:
> >
> > $ df -m
> > Filesystem  1M-blocks Used Avail Capacity  Mounted on
> > /dev/da0s1a      2015 1858    -3   100%    /
> > /dev/da0s1e     14061 9002  3933    70%    /usr/local
> > procfs              0    0     0   100%    /proc
> >
> > I dont know what kind of math lets you do 2015-1858 and gives
> > you an answer of -3!
> >
> > I have softupdates, or whatever, but i dont know how to get
> > it to release this space. I cant reboot the running server.
> > I am planning on adding a disc to this system but right now
> > i need to get this space released ASAP! Can anyone help?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jen
> >
> >
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