Thread: no space left on device

no space left on device

From

"Jose"

Date:

02 January 2003, 23:32:54

Hi there, I'm Jose From Canada,

  I'm working with PostgreSQL 7.2 on Linux Red hat 7.3 and when I try to
create an object in the database, using PGAdmin or psql, I get this error.

  create index pp_key on pp (p1) ;

  Error: -2147467259  can not create object : no space left on device.


  But if I check the available space on disk from linux I have a lot, more
than 4 GB and the table pp is empty.


  Any clues ??? what should I check ???

Thanks in advance

Re: no space left on device

From

Hadley Willan

Date:

03 January 2003, 00:36:33

Hi Jose,

    Double check that by making sure that all your linux partitions have
free disk.

df is the command to use.

Cheers,
    Hadley


On Wed, 2003-01-01 at 06:28, Jose wrote:
> Hi there, I'm Jose From Canada,
>
>   I'm working with PostgreSQL 7.2 on Linux Red hat 7.3 and when I try to
> create an object in the database, using PGAdmin or psql, I get this error.
>
>   create index pp_key on pp (p1) ;
>
>   Error: -2147467259  can not create object : no space left on device.
>
>
>   But if I check the available space on disk from linux I have a lot, more
> than 4 GB and the table pp is empty.
>
>
>   Any clues ??? what should I check ???
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
>
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Re: no space left on device

From

Kenneth Godee

Date:

03 January 2003, 02:18:53

Just a thought, check your "inodes" as well...
"df -i"
You can have lots of space left, but can be out of inodes.


> Hi Jose,
>
>     Double check that by making sure that all your linux partitions have
> free disk.
>
> df is the command to use.
>
> Cheers,
>     Hadley
>
>
> On Wed, 2003-01-01 at 06:28, Jose wrote:
> > Hi there, I'm Jose From Canada,
> >
> >   I'm working with PostgreSQL 7.2 on Linux Red hat 7.3 and when I try to
> > create an object in the database, using PGAdmin or psql, I get this error.
> >
> >   create index pp_key on pp (p1) ;
> >
> >   Error: -2147467259  can not create object : no space left on device.
> >
> >
> >   But if I check the available space on disk from linux I have a lot, more
> > than 4 GB and the table pp is empty.
> >
> >
> >   Any clues ??? what should I check ???
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> >
> >
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Re: no space left on device

From

Lincoln Yeoh

Date:

03 January 2003, 06:03:25

Also check if the user which postgresql is running as has permissions/quota
to write.

If that sort of stuff is fine, then maybe it's a bug - since you have 4GB left.

Try filling up 2GB+ of that 4GB free, then try again. If it now works then
you've found a bug somewhere, whether in Postgresql or elsewhere.

Good luck,
Link.

At 09:18 PM 1/2/03 -0700, Kenneth Godee wrote:

>Just a thought, check your "inodes" as well...
>"df -i"
>You can have lots of space left, but can be out of inodes.
>
>
> > Hi Jose,
> >
> >       Double check that by making sure that all your linux partitions have
> > free disk.
> >
> > df is the command to use.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >       Hadley
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 2003-01-01 at 06:28, Jose wrote:
> > > Hi there, I'm Jose From Canada,
> > >
> > >   I'm working with PostgreSQL 7.2 on Linux Red hat 7.3 and when I try to
> > > create an object in the database, using PGAdmin or psql, I get this
> error.
> > >
> > >   create index pp_key on pp (p1) ;
> > >
> > >   Error: -2147467259  can not create object : no space left on device.
> > >
> > >
> > >   But if I check the available space on disk from linux I have a lot,
> more
> > > than 4 GB and the table pp is empty.
> > >
> > >
> > >   Any clues ??? what should I check ???
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance
> > >
> > >
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Re: no space left on device

From

"scott.marlowe"

Date:

03 January 2003, 15:31:14

On Tue, 31 Dec 2002, Jose wrote:

> Hi there, I'm Jose From Canada,
>
>   I'm working with PostgreSQL 7.2 on Linux Red hat 7.3 and when I try to
> create an object in the database, using PGAdmin or psql, I get this error.
>
>   create index pp_key on pp (p1) ;
>
>   Error: -2147467259  can not create object : no space left on device.
>
>
>   But if I check the available space on disk from linux I have a lot, more
> than 4 GB and the table pp is empty.
>

Couple of clues

1:  Something is filling up a different partition than the one that hosts
your database, say /tmp or something.  Use df to see how much of ALL your
file systems are in use.

2:  You have run out of inodes to store file system information in.  Take
your machine down to run level 1 and run fsck for your file system on it
in a forced check mode (-f switch for e2fsck) and see how many of the
inodes are in use.  If you're out, you're gonna need to backup your whole
database somewhere, rerun mke2fs with a switch to up the number of
descriptors. (-i for bytes per inode or -T news|largfile|largefile4)

3:  Your file system has some kind of problem.  I've seen ext2/3 file
systems claim to be full when the problem was a bad block and the
associated problems it produced.  If so, backup your database, drop to run
level 1, umount it, reformat it with mke2fs with -c switch to check for
bad blocks.  You know the rest.

Re: no space left on device

From

Doug McNaught

Date:

03 January 2003, 16:22:08

"scott.marlowe" <scott.marlowe@ihs.com> writes:

> 2:  You have run out of inodes to store file system information in.  Take
> your machine down to run level 1 and run fsck for your file system on it
> in a forced check mode (-f switch for e2fsck) and see how many of the
> inodes are in use.  If you're out, you're gonna need to backup your whole
> database somewhere, rerun mke2fs with a switch to up the number of
> descriptors. (-i for bytes per inode or -T news|largfile|largefile4)

You don't have to do this; 'df -i' will give inode usage.

-Doug