Full inode table ext3

fabio.vannini · 12-28-2011, 07:58 AM

Hello!

i have this situation in a EXT3 file system:

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[root@AsDAsD log]# df -h
Filesystem Dimens. Usati Disp. Uso% Montato su
/dev/sda3 9.3G 7.5G 1.4G 85% /
/dev/sda1 130M 23M 101M 19% /boot
none 504M 0 504M 0% /dev/sh

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[root@AsDAsD log]# df -hi
Filesystem Inode IUsati ILib. IUso% Montato su
/dev/sda3 1.2M 1.2M 0 100% /
/dev/sda1 34K 57 34K 1% /boot
none 126K 1 126K 1% /dev/shm

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[root@AsDAsD log]# mkdir /tmp/test
mkdir: impossibile creare la directory `/tmp/test': No space left on device

how can i fix this?

in this situation is safe to reboot pc?

blue_print · 12-28-2011, 08:10 AM

Inode value can be increased only when you're formatting the file system.

Yes, you can reboot the PC. I do not think it will harm anything. But, before, you can identify the no of files in each directories using the find command.

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cd / && for i in *; do echo -n "$i: "; find $i -type f | wc -l;done

You may want to delete the unwanted files to free-up the inodes usage.

fabio.vannini · 12-28-2011, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by blue_print

You may want to delete the unwanted files to free-up the inodes usage.

Yes: I expected that the problem was linked to the excessive number of files on disk. I used a command similar to yours, but yours is running faster and with some execution I did figure out which files were causing the problem.

Specifically, the problem was created by qmail folders archived manually (yanked, yanked_1, etc. .. etc. ... yanked_2)

I compressed the various folders in tar gzip to maintain this data, and going to remove old folders.

Two folders / 20 MB ~ / 1.2M of files Oo !!

Thank you very much.

blue_print · 12-28-2011, 09:10 AM

You're welcome