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Subject: Re: Help: /var: create/symlink failed, no inodes free
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Oxid wrote:
> HI!
> 
> -> /var: create/symlink failed, no inodes free
> 
> Could anyone tell me what this means and how to fix it? :)

inodes are needed for directory entries.  Running out of inodes means
you've run out of space for directory entries, and thus can't create
any new files.

"df -hi" will tell you how many inodes are available on your
filesystems.

Short-term, the solution is to delete some files off your /var
partition.  Long term, you may need to reformat /var with more inodes
than the default, if this is a chronic problem.

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