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Date:      Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:10:13 -0400
From:      Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>
To:        "Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum" <bg271828@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Urgent: filesystem "full", though space is available
Message-ID:  <20080317161013.GE42595@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <878724.45020.qm@web53408.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
References:  <878724.45020.qm@web53408.mail.re2.yahoo.com>

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On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 08:34:18AM -0700, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote:

This is a FAQ and has to do with space reserved for root(system).

Check the FAQs on the FreeBSD web site.

////jerry

> 
> Hi, Ive got a big problem now on a production server.
> 
> When i do various things, i am getting "write failed, file system full"
> messages all over the place. Ive gone through and deleted
> things i can, and i should have the space now, but its just
> not available:
> 
> $ df -m
> Filesystem  1M-blocks Used Avail Capacity  Mounted on
> /dev/da0s1a      2015 1858    -3   100%    /
> /dev/da0s1e     14061 9002  3933    70%    /usr/local
> procfs              0    0     0   100%    /proc
> 
> I dont know what kind of math lets you do 2015-1858 and gives
> you an answer of -3!
> 
> I have softupdates, or whatever, but i dont know how to get 
> it to release this space. I cant reboot the running server.
> I am planning on adding a disc to this system but right now
> i need to get this space released ASAP! Can anyone help?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jen
> 
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