Re: no space left on device

Karsten Hilbert <karsten.hilbert@gmx.net>

From: Karsten Hilbert <Karsten.Hilbert@gmx.net>
To: PostgreSQL General List <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Date: 2004-01-09T21:55:55Z
Lists: pgsql-general
> Wait... from the df you provided you have space left on the device:
> 
> postgres - DB]$ df -m .
> Filesystem           1M-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
> -                        63328     55308      4803  93% /
> 
> Perhaps you are out of inodes?
Remember that df shows the *total* space left on the device,
especially when run as root. Some percent are reserved for
root, however, AFAIR pretty much exactly 7% in my experience,
eg. user postgres can't use them but rather sees a device
that's out of space. That may be the case here.

Karsten
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