Re: No space left on device (28) but device is NOT full!
On Wednesday, November 06, 2013 12:11:33 PM Beco wrote:
> On 6 November 2013 13:43, Neal Murphy <neal.p.murphy@alum.wpi.edu> wrote:
> > Assuming the problem is /var/log is part of the root filesystem and is
> > crammed with millions of files. Assume other drive is /dev/sdb. The
> > general process is as follows.
> >
> > 1. Reboot to single-user
> > 2. Add partition #1 to /dev/sdb
> > 3. 'mkreiserfs /dev/sdb1' # to avoid the whole issue of inodes
> > 4. 'mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt'
> > 5. 'cd /var/log; find . -depth | cpio -pdv /mnt'
> > 6. 'if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then cd ..; mv log log-; rm -rf log-; fi&'
> > 7. 'mkdir log; chmod 755 log'
> > 8. 'echo "/dev/sdb1 /var/log reiserfs defaults,notail 0 1" >> /etc/fstab'
> > 9. 'wait'
> > 10. 'umount /mnt; init 6'
>
> Hi Neal,
>
> I think I'm going to ask about the easier part:
>
> What is "9. wait" for?
You want the background delete to complete before rebooting. If it already
finished, wait returns immediately.
N
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