Bug#590884: Out of disk error

[Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko]

On 09.05.2012 10:56, Lionel FÉLICITÉ wrote:
> Le lundi 07 mai 2012 à 18:21 +0200, Lionel FÉLICITÉ a écrit :
>> Le lundi 07 mai 2012 à 18:16 +0200, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder'
>> Serbinenko a écrit :
>>> On 07.05.2012 15:32, Lionel FÉLICITÉ wrote:
>>>> Le jeudi 12 avril 2012 à 12:36 +0200, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder'
>>>> Serbinenko a écrit :
>>>>> On 12.04.2012 12:20, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote:
>>>>>> On 12.04.2012 11:57, Lionel FÉLICITÉ wrote:
>>>>>>> 0000010: 6824
>>>>>> Yes, this is minix2fs magic. But it's also part of the value of
>>>>>> free_inodes of ext2. That's the most weird variation on ghost
>>>>>> filesystems I've ever seen. I'll think about it.
>>>>> Noteworthy is that you can workaround this problem by simply creating
>>>>> any files on / this would consume few inodes and remove this "magic".
>>>>>>> * grub-pc/install_devices:
>>>>>> /dev/disk/by-id/md-uuid-f1a48207:bff28d4f:a4d2adc2:26fd5302
>>>>>> install-devices must be real disks, not raids.
>>>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I tried 
>>>>
>>>> cd /
>>>> dd if=/dev/zero of=ld_file_1GB bs=1M count=1k
>>>> dd if=/dev/zero of=ld_01_file_1GB bs=1M count=1k
>>>>
>>>> It doesn't seem to work.
>>> It's not about free space. It's about free inodes, e.g. number of files
>>> you can create.
>>>>
>>>
>> Ah... I understand.
>> I'll try it soon.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
> It works ! I needed to use up to 25% of free inode to make it works.
It's not a fix yet, more of a confirmation of my assessment. I'll see
how minixfs detection can be improved or decreased in priority.
> Thanks!
>


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Regards
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko


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