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Subject: Re: filesystem full error
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At 04:59 PM 11/6/2005, Dave Webster wrote:
>Hi,
>I'm trying to: pkg_add -r openoffice and I get the following:
>
>/var: write failed, filesystem is full
>mkdir: /var/db/pkg/ORBit-0.5.17_2: No space left on device
>pkg_add: can't record package infor '/var/db/pkg/ORBit-0.5.17_2', you're
>on your own!
>
>That last part is particularily chilling - if I'm on my own, I'm hooped!
>
>Here's the result of df -h:
>
>Filesystem     Size    Used   Avail Capacity  Mounted on
>/dev/ad0s1a    248M     93M    135M    41%    /
>devfs          1.0K    1.0K      0B   100%    /dev
>/dev/ad0s1e    248M    294K    228M     0%    /tmp
>/dev/ad0s1f     72G     25G     42G    37%    /usr
>/dev/ad0s1d    248M     62M    166M    27%    /var
>linprocfs      4.0K    4.0K      0B   100%    /usr/compat/linux/proc

You probably ran out of inodes.  What does df -i show?

-Glenn


>Any suggestions on what I should do?
>thanx in advance,
>Dave
>
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