x not start - no space left on device

[andfree]

The last session had become too slow and I tried to reboot. I clicked OK to reboot at the "tc exit options window" but it stuck there. I forced it to continue with "Alt+SysReq+reisub".
But now there's not a GUI:

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sh: write error: No space left on device
tc@box:$ startx
cp: write error: No space left on device
cp: write error: No space left on device
sh: write error: No space left on device
tc@box:$ udevd[87]: failed to create queue file: No space left on device

[Juanito]

Has the size of your backup exceeded the space on the device where you store your backup?

[andfree]

Has the size of your backup exceeded the space on the device where you store your backup?

How to find out it? I suppose that the device I store my backup is my internal hard-drive (/mnt/sda1). I can't think what other could it be. The capacity of the drive must be about 60GB, I'm not sure, but I can't imagine how the size of the backup exceeded such a space.

[Juanito]

By default the backup, mydata.tgz, is written to your tce folder.

If you reboot using "sudo exitcheck.sh reboot" and use the boot code "norestore", it might help.

[andfree]

By default the backup, mydata.tgz, is written to your tce folder.

Indeed, while the booting I read:

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Restoring backup files from /mnt/sda1/tce/mydata.tgz

If you reboot using "sudo exitcheck.sh reboot" and use the boot code "norestore", it might help.

I rebooted using "sudo exitcheck.sh reboot" but how to use boot code "norestore"?

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tc@box:$ norestore
-sh: norestore: not found

[Juanito]

You need to add it to your bootloader config or, if the bootloader allows it, type it at the prompt before booting.

You could also move mydata.tgz somewhere else.

How big is mydata.tgz?

[andfree]

You need to add it to your bootloader config or, if the bootloader allows it, type it at the prompt before booting.

I suppose you mean to edit the /mnt/sda1/tce/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf file. But how to do so without a gui?
Typing it at the prompt gets the message I wrote at my previous post.

You could also move mydata.tgz somewhere else.

Somewhere else at /mnt/sda1 I suppose, but where? And what command I have to use to do so?

How big is mydata.tgz?

What command to use to see this?

[Juanito]

I suppose you mean to edit the /mnt/sda1/tce/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf file. But how to do so without a gui?

"sudo vi /mnt/sda1/tce/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf"

Somewhere else at /mnt/sda1 I suppose, but where?

First check if the device is full with "df -h /dev/sda1", if not full, then anywhere you like.

What command to use to see this?

google is your friend 

[gerald_clark]

Sounds like out of RAM to me.

[andfree]

"sudo vi /mnt/sda1/tce/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf"

Thanks, I booted using "norestore" and I have gui.

First check if the device is full with "df -h /dev/sda1", if not full, then anywhere you like.

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tc@box:~$ df -h /dev/sda1
Filesystem                Size      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1                54.9G    441.7M     54.4G   1% /mnt/sda1
tc@box:~$

[andfree]

How big is mydata.tgz?

Right-click => Properties shows 40M. But this number would be the same if I hadn't booted using "norestore"?

[gerald_clark]

Show the output of "free".

[andfree]

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tc@box:~$ free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:        447176     440468       6708      25292      47556     150392
-/+ buffers/cache:     242520     204656
Swap:       104764        172     104592
tc@box:~$

[gerald_clark]

Your root filesystem is in RAM, and you are running out of file space because of your large backup.
I recommend in small memory machines or machines with large amounts of files in /home that the opt= and home=
boot options be used to place them on persistent storage.  Once that is working, remove home and opt from /opt/.filetool.lst.

[andfree]

I'm afraid it didn't work.
I deleted "norestore" from extlinux.conf and rebooted. I got as expected the "no space left" message.
I used "sudo vi" command to delete home and opt from filetool.lst and rebooted. Unfortunally, I got again the "no space left" message.