12.04 ext4 - cannot create regular file/No space left - with a lot of space and inodes
- by user1434058
This seems similar:
EXT4 "No space left on device (28)" incorrect
but there is no explanation
I created an ext4 filesystem on a RAID 1 array with:
mke2fs -t ext4 -T small /dev/md0
Copying a single directory with many tiny files I get:
cp: cannot create regular file `/mnt/raid1_new/pics/pic3412.jpg': No space left on device
space used 5%
inodes used 1%
I manually tried:
cp /source/test1.jpg /mnt/raid1_new/pics/test1.jpg --- error
cp /source/test1.jpg /mnt/raid1_new/pics/test2.jpg --- ERROR
cp /source/test1.jpg /mnt/raid1_new/pics/test3.jpg --- no error
Notes: RAID 1 disks are error free. I tried mv instead of cp and got the same thing. I tried omitting -T small with no effect
Can somebody help me understand this magic?