Re: "No space left on device" error, but df shows plenty of space

[Tony Baldwin <tonybaldwin@gmx.com>]

On 01/31/2017 08:01 AM, Kynn Jones wrote:
> Hi everyone!
>
> When I tried to install `ntp`, there was a "No space left on device" at
> the end of `apt-get`'s output, but `df` shows no shortage of space:
>
>     # df
>     Filesystem     1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
>     /dev/sda5      381993164 206410036 156155956  57% /
>     udev               10240         0     10240   0% /dev
>     tmpfs            6588000      9676   6578324   1% /run
>     tmpfs           16469996       108  16469888   1% /dev/shm
>     tmpfs               5120         4      5116   1% /run/lock
>     tmpfs           16469996         0  16469996   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
>     tmpfs            3294000         8   3293992   1% /run/user/1000
>
> According to `df`, the maximum percent usage is 57%.
>
> So I tried `dpgk-reconfigure ntp` (as root), and got the same error:
>
>     # dpkg-reconfigure ntp
>     Error: No space left on device
>     update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer
> supported; falling back to defaults
>     Error: No space left on device
>
> How can I troubleshoot this problem further?

try doing
$ df -i
This shows inodes.
I once had a problem where I could no longer write to a disk, because 
all of the inodes were occupied due to not properly rotating some 
log(s). Let us know if that reveals anything seemingly significant.

Tony

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