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Subject: no inodes free error, yet there ARE inodes free!
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Something weird is afoot... I can't create files on my / anymore, I'm
getting "out of inodes" errors, but everything I know to check seems to be
fine.

What's going on?

osn-db# touch /cow

/: create/symlink failed, no inodes free
touch: /cow: No space left on device

osn-db# df -i
Filesystem    1K-blocks    Used    Avail Capacity iused   ifree %iused 
Mounted on
/dev/amrd0s1a    253678   35440   197944    15%     985   32037    3%   /
devfs                 1       1        0   100%       0       0  100%   /dev
/dev/amrd0s1e    253678       6   233378     0%      22   33000    0%   /tmp
/dev/amrd0s1f  66529256 1572500 59634416     3%  168332 8451698    2%   /usr
/dev/amrd0s1d    253678   38520   194864    17%     313   32709    1%   /var

osn-db# sysctl -a
kern.maxfiles: 12328
kern.maxfilesperproc: 11095
kern.openfiles: 107


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