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I get the error `Filesystem full'.

C. Niemi reported receiving an unexpected `filesystem full' error for a floppy disk even though df reported there being about 900KB free on the floppy. The explanation he found was that, because of the compression, it was possible to put many more files than usual on the disk. As a consequence, there were no more inodes left, even if 900KB data was still available. (Try `df --inodes'.)

In such a case, I suggest that you increase the amount of inodes when you create the file system on the floppy. See the manual pages for mke2fs.

On a related note, section What if I try to decompress a file on a full device? for e2compr behaviour when the filesystem really is full.


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