Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2001 21:38:12 +1300 From: Richard B Mahoney <rbm49@student.canterbury.ac.nz> To: Subscribers to FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: /: create/symlink failed, no inodes free Message-ID: <20011106213812.A351@student.canterbury.ac.nz>
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--jI8keyz6grp/JLjh Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear All, I've just encountered the most frustrating of problems. Whenever I try to change anything on my root partition this happens: =3D=3D=3D[rbm49] /etc $ su Password: rbm49# pwd /etc rbm49# touch rbm49_test /: create/symlink failed, no inodes free touch: rbm49_test: No space left on device rbm49# exit =3D=3D=3D[rbm49] /etc $=20 I've read the archives about inodes and so on but regardless of the above I don't seem to have run out: =3D=3D=3D[rbm49] ~ $ df -ik Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity iused ifree %iused Mou= nted on /dev/ad0s2a 148823 37701 99217 28% 1616 35822 4% / /dev/ad0s2e 992239 5 912855 0% 6 249848 0% /tmp /dev/ad0s2g 1885583 896380 838357 52% 111896 360422 24% /usr /dev/ad0s2d 18426934 1987773 14965007 12% 11640 4599174 0% /us= r/home /dev/ad0s2h 992239 541598 371262 59% 37295 212559 15% /us= r/local /dev/ad0s2f 992239 13266 899594 1% 1131 248723 0% /var linprocfs 4 4 0 100% 50 994 5% /us= r/compat/linux/proc procfs 4 4 0 100% 50 994 5% /pr= oc [sorry if this exceeds the usual 70 characters!] Does anyone know what may be up? Here is my /etc/fstab if its of any use: =3D=3D=3D[rbm49] ~ $ cat /etc/fstab # Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pas= s# /dev/ad0s2b none swap sw 0 0 /dev/ad0s2a / ufs rw,nosuid 1 1 /dev/ad0s2e /tmp ufs rw,nosuid 2 2 /dev/ad0s2g /usr ufs rw 2 2 /dev/ad0s2d /usr/home ufs rw,nosuid 2 2 /dev/ad0s2h /usr/local ufs rw,nosuid 2 2 /dev/ad0s2f /var ufs rw,noexec,nosuid 2 2 /dev/acd0c /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0 /dev/fd0 /floppy msdos rw,noauto 0 0 /dev/afd0 /zip msdos rw,noauto 0 0 /dev/wd0s1 /w2k msdos rw,noauto 0 0 linproc /compat/linux/proc linprocfs rw 0 0 proc /proc procfs rw 0 0 =3D=3D=3D[rbm49] ~ $=20 And the output of mount: =3D=3D=3D[rbm49] ~ $ mount /dev/ad0s2a on / (ufs, local, nosuid) /dev/ad0s2e on /tmp (ufs, local, nosuid, soft-updates) /dev/ad0s2g on /usr (ufs, local, soft-updates) /dev/ad0s2d on /usr/home (ufs, local, nosuid, soft-updates) /dev/ad0s2h on /usr/local (ufs, local, nosuid, soft-updates) /dev/ad0s2f on /var (ufs, local, noexec, nosuid, soft-updates) linprocfs on /usr/compat/linux/proc (linprocfs, local) procfs on /proc (procfs, local) =3D=3D=3D[rbm49] ~ $=20 Any assistance would be gratefully received. Many regards, Richard Mahoney --=20 +----------------------- Richard Mahoney -----------------------+ | 78 Jeffreys Rd +64-3-351-5831 | | Christchurch New Zealand | +--------------[mailto:rbm49@it.canterbury.ac.nz]---------------+ --jI8keyz6grp/JLjh Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use MessageID: B7Zvup9TA7ABYQiXEQMn9zyXLZtEs5MR iQA/AwUBO+ehcla60siGOGUrEQLnBQCgoOu+KwPfH5cYksqcZ7uow0F5/ksAn1Ly w3CfMb3akYU5AJqt/Warm1xC =ESlz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --jI8keyz6grp/JLjh-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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