var Filesystem Full Help

[Derek Ragona]

I would reboot and run fsck in single user mode.  The reboot will clear any 
old open files that may be causing the drive full problem.

         -Derek


At 11:59 AM 4/3/2007, Sean Murphy wrote:
>Sean Murphy wrote:
>>I am getting these errors on my var filesystem but df -h shows there is 
>>plenty of space available.
>>
>>I am running FreeBSD 5.4
>>
>>muse2# df -h
>>Filesystem       Size    Used   Avail Capacity  Mounted on
>>/dev/amrd0s1a    989M     56M    854M     6%    /
>>devfs            1.0K    1.0K      0B   100%    /dev
>>/dev/amrd0s1e    989M     32M    878M     4%    /tmp
>>/dev/amrd0s1f    9.5G    4.2G    4.6G    48%    /usr
>>/dev/amrd0s1g    245G    9.4G    216G     4%    /usr/home
>>/dev/amrd0s1d    1.9G    526M    1.3G    29%    /var
>>
>>muse2# tail /var/log/messages
>>Apr  3 09:00:44 muse2 kernel: pid 537 (mimedefang), uid 26 inumber 126291 
>>on /var: filesystem full
>>Apr  3 09:09:55 muse2 kernel: pid 52000 (httpd), uid 80 inumber 170037 on 
>>/var: filesystem full
>>Apr  3 09:12:59 muse2 kernel: pid 34758 (mimedefang), uid 26 inumber 
>>127701 on /var: filesystem full
>>
>>I have restarted the mimdefang process but I get the same messages.
>>
>>What can I do?
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>>Purge some old log files to start with. However according to your df 
>>above you should have plenty of room
>I have deleted logs and lost+found but the same messages still show up.
>
>>Check df -i as you may have run out of inodes rather than out of file space.
>
>Looks as though I have plenty of inodes
>
>muse2# df -i
>Filesystem    1K-blocks    Used     Avail Capacity iused    ifree 
>%iused  Mounted on
>/dev/amrd0s1a   1012974   57694    874244     6%    1520   139790    1%   /
>devfs                 1       1         0   100%       0        0
>100%   /dev
>/dev/amrd0s1e   1012974   33192    898746     4%   11141   130169
>8%   /tmp
>/dev/amrd0s1f   9938894 4368142   4775642    48%  279371  1015987
>22%   /usr
>/dev/amrd0s1g 257098734 9794488 226736348     4%  113153 33118717
>0%   /usr/home
>/dev/amrd0s1d   2026030  510498   1353450    27%     866   281756
>0%   /var
>muse2#
>
>>Have you rebooted since the
>>problem showed up?
>I have not rebooted yet
>
>
>can I fun fsck on a live filesystem or do I have to drop into single usermode?
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