[lug] E Write error - write (28 no space left on device)

D. Stimits stimits at idcomm.com
Sat Jun 16 18:03:26 MDT 2001


Rob Mohr wrote:
> 
> Hello LUG,
> 
> I am install debian 2.2 r0 potato.
> 
> I enter the following
> 
> apt-get cdrom
> 
> The result is
> 
> E: Write -error -  write (28 nopspace left on device)
> #
> I am thinkig maybe I have a problem with partitions.
> 
> Here is what I currently have.
> 
> /dev/hda1 *  1  97   48856+  83  Linux
> /dev/hda2    98 291  97776   82  Linux Swap
> /dev/hda3   292 9979 4882752 83  Linux
> 
> I don't know why the blocks are so large for /hda3, its supposed to be a 2
> gig partition.
> 
> thanks for help
> 
> eof
> 

That looks like block numbers and counts, not block size. It isn't
unusual for logs or temp files to cause something like this. Do the
following:
cd /tmp
du -s -h .
cd /var/log
du -s -h .
cd /
du -s -h .

See how it compares, see if tmp or log is using it all up.

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com



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