[ale] Out of space on root !

[byron at cc.gatech.edu (Byron A Jeff)]

> 
> All:
> 
> Building up a recycled PC late last night, I filled up / (lots of space free on /home), but didn't know until this morning when X refused to start.
> 
> Immediately freed up 75 MB, and "apt-get clean" brought it up to 175 MB free, then used Tom's RtBt to scan both partitions for errors --- both came thru clean.
> 
> STILL can't print 'cause lpr.log says "write failed - No space left on device".
> 
> After uninstalling lprng, when reinstalling it refuses to install /etc/lprng/lpr.conf even though it is clearly listed as part of the package.
> 
> ANY WAY TO FIX THIS short of starting over ?  Ten minutes on google produced nothing.
> 
> Debian stable with 3.2 GB HDD:
> 
> Ext2 /
> Ext2 /home
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Tom

You have space but you you cannot write.

Try a 'df -i' because you're probably out of i-nodes.

BAJ

---
This message has been sent through the ALE general discussion list.
See http://www.ale.org/mailing-lists.shtml for more info. Problems should be 
sent to listmaster at ale dot org.