On Sat, Mar 17, 2007 at 04:03:37PM -0400, William L. Maltby wrote: > > After trying to solve this for some hours, I guess to have reached the > > maximum file numbers, or maybe there is some hidden space filling the > > partition. I've just cleaned manually the yum cache, and /var went ok. > Keep in mind that default FS creation reserves 5% (?) for root. On GB- > sized drives, very wasteful. I always reduces to 1% or so. As I understand it, having an ext3 filesystem more full than that isn't a good idea -- you risk ending up with serious fragmentation. Think of it this way: on gigabyte-sized devices, you should easily be able to spare 5% in exchange for more efficient operation. -- Matthew Miller mattdm at mattdm.org <http://mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>