From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 7 16:56:51 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 7 16:56:49 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from itouch.co.nz (itouch.co.nz [203.99.66.188]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09DF437B400 for ; Thu, 7 Dec 2000 16:56:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from jonc.itouch (jonc.itouch [192.168.2.21]) by itouch.co.nz (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eB80uis39634; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 13:56:44 +1300 (NZDT) (envelope-from jonc@itouch.co.nz) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by jonc.itouch (8.11.1/8.11.1) id eB80uhM05103; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 13:56:43 +1300 (NZDT) (envelope-from jonc) Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 13:56:43 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen To: Derek Bottles Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: file system full errors Message-ID: <20001208135643.A4694@jonc.itouch> References: <4.1.20001207163253.00a18f00@192.168.1.240> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <4.1.20001207163253.00a18f00@192.168.1.240>; from derek@rchco.com on Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 04:45:34PM -0600 Sender: jonc@itouch.co.nz Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 04:45:34PM -0600, Derek Bottles wrote: > I have a problem that I just do not seem to have the time to hunt down. I > am hoping that someone might be able to send me an e-mail of how to attack > this. > > As you can see from the logs below I have disk space on this system but > also have several processes that hare having issues with the file system > being full. To add to the mystery every thing seems to be working fine, > e-mail is getting though just fine even though the system is clearly > indicating that mail.local (MDA) and ipop3d (the retrieval program) both > are unhappy. > > Swap and memory are also showing lots of spare room for growth. > > Any ideas are welcome. I am not a UNIX guru by any means but do OK given > time to track everything down. Thanks > > Derek Bottles > > > Disk status: > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > /dev/wd0s1a 49583 26621 18996 58% / Your / partition is dreadfully small, as it is also accomodating /tmp which is the general dumping ground for various temporary files. You will need to create another file-system and mount it as /tmp to get around your problem. -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door" - W.E. Channing To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message