Re: SOLVED - Re: [Fedora 12] "IOError: [Erno 28] No space left on device"

2011-02-27 Thread James McKenzie
On 2/27/11 5:54 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 9:37 PM, James McKenzie > wrote: > >>> Thanks to everyone!. Btw. this box had Fedora 10... not 12... :) I now >>> realize >> Time for an upgrade to the lastest version of Fedora? >> >> Definitely time to clean up the drive and

Re: SOLVED - Re: [Fedora 12] "IOError: [Erno 28] No space left on device"

2011-02-27 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 9:37 PM, James McKenzie wrote: >> Thanks to everyone!.  Btw. this box had Fedora 10... not 12... :) I now >> realize > Time for an upgrade to the lastest version of Fedora? > > Definitely time to clean up the drive and rid it of all unnecessary baggage. > > James McKenzie

Re: SOLVED - Re: [Fedora 12] "IOError: [Erno 28] No space left on device"

2011-02-27 Thread James McKenzie
On 2/27/11 4:01 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 7:43 PM, JB wrote: >> So it would be: >> selinux=0 enforcing=0 1 >> >> Try it and report back. > Worked like a charm. The combination of first booting to runlevel 1, > erasing some stuff to bring disk usage down from 100% to 98%

Re: [Fedora 12] "IOError: [Erno 28] No space left on device"

2011-02-27 Thread JB
Fernando Cassia gmail.com> writes: > ... > Ok, runlevel 1 I went and erased some VirtualBox VM vdis taking a > couple gigs. Now space free is 98% according to "df". I hope SELinux > stops panicking now. > > BTW: Is it "working as designed" to have an OS become comatose and > unable to boot when

Re: [Fedora 12] "IOError: [Erno 28] No space left on device"

2011-02-27 Thread Fernando Cassia
Please don´t fight, don´t need to. The problem was solved, thanks to you all. A little manners goes a long way. No need to point fingers and accuse others of being "wrong". :) FC On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 8:25 PM, compdoc wrote: >> Wrong.  Runlevel 1 is single-user mode. > > Naw, I wasn't wrong -

RE: [Fedora 12] "IOError: [Erno 28] No space left on device"

2011-02-27 Thread compdoc
> Wrong. Runlevel 1 is single-user mode. Naw, I wasn't wrong - I was just explaining in a way anyone can understand. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fe

Re: [Fedora 12] "IOError: [Erno 28] No space left on device"

2011-02-27 Thread Joe Zeff
On 02/27/2011 02:43 PM, compdoc wrote: > As Kevin J. Cummings said, you want to boot to runlevel 1, which is text mode. > Boot to the command line, in other words. Wrong. Runlevel 1 is single-user mode. You aren't connected to the net by default and only the root partition (and, if needed, /boo

SOLVED - Re: [Fedora 12] "IOError: [Erno 28] No space left on device"

2011-02-27 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 7:43 PM, JB wrote: > > So it would be: > selinux=0 enforcing=0 1 > > Try it and report back. Worked like a charm. The combination of first booting to runlevel 1, erasing some stuff to bring disk usage down from 100% to 98% and then disabling SELinux did the trick. Thanks

Re: [Fedora 12] "IOError: [Erno 28] No space left on device"

2011-02-27 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > Thanks, will try that. > > Confirms my suspicion: SELinux´ best feature is to disable it. ;) (JOKE, JOKE) > FC Ok, runlevel 1 I went and erased some VirtualBox VM vdis taking a couple gigs. Now space free is 98% according to "df". I hope S

Re: [Fedora 12] "IOError: [Erno 28] No space left on device"

2011-02-27 Thread JB
Fernando Cassia gmail.com> writes: > > On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 7:12 PM, JB gmail.com> wrote: > > Fernando Cassia gmail.com> writes: > > > >> ... > >> The issue is that I get the normal Fedora boot screen , then the > >> hourglass, then the log-in screen,then I get > >> > >> Oops, sealert hit a

RE: [Fedora 12] "IOError: [Erno 28] No space left on device"

2011-02-27 Thread compdoc
As Kevin J. Cummings said, you want to boot to runlevel 1, which is text mode. Boot to the command line, in other words. Google: fedora 12 runlevel 1 And if you are able to log in as root, you need to look at all of your partitions and see which one is full. If you aren't sure what to delete,

Re: [Fedora 12] "IOError: [Erno 28] No space left on device"

2011-02-27 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 7:12 PM, JB wrote: > Fernando Cassia gmail.com> writes: > >> ... >> The issue is that I get the normal Fedora boot screen , then the >> hourglass, then the log-in screen,then I get >> >> Oops, sealert hit an error! >> >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> ... > > Stop b

Re: [Fedora 12] "IOError: [Erno 28] No space left on device"

2011-02-27 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 7:12 PM, JB wrote: > Stop boot loader, edit kernel boot line, and disable selinux for now. >   kernel /boot/vmlinuz-... ... selinux=0 > > This may get you thru ... > > JB Thanks, will try that. Confirms my suspicion: SELinux´ best feature is to disable it. ;) (JOKE, JOKE)

Re: [Fedora 12] "IOError: [Erno 28] No space left on device"

2011-02-27 Thread JB
Fernando Cassia gmail.com> writes: > ... > The issue is that I get the normal Fedora boot screen , then the > hourglass, then the log-in screen,then I get > > Oops, sealert hit an error! > > Traceback (most recent call last): > ... Stop boot loader, edit kernel boot line, and disable selinux

Re: [Fedora 12] "IOError: [Erno 28] No space left on device"

2011-02-27 Thread Kevin J. Cummings
On 02/27/2011 05:01 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > I have one old machine running Fedora 12, kernel 2.6.27. > Suddenly one day after doing system updates (and it was downloading > some torrents in the background) the system would no longer boot > properly, and the system says the disk is full (probab

[Fedora 12] "IOError: [Erno 28] No space left on device"

2011-02-27 Thread Fernando Cassia
I have one old machine running Fedora 12, kernel 2.6.27. Suddenly one day after doing system updates (and it was downloading some torrents in the background) the system would no longer boot properly, and the system says the disk is full (probably is). The issue is that I get the normal Fedora boot