[NTLUG:Discuss] strange "No space" issue on /dev/md0

[terry]

Fred James wrote:

> Chris Cox wrote:
>
>> Fred James wrote:
>>
>>> RH 7.1
>>> "df -k" returns
>>>
>>> Filesystem           1k-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
>>> /dev/hda1              3951272    726856   3023700  20% /
>>> /dev/md0             113487584  26951312  80771408  26% /backups
>>>
>> ...
>>
>>> This seems to lend weight to the idea that /dev/md0 is out of space 
>>> even though it reports it is not - and that leaves me confused.  Any 
>>> suggestions on how to check this out, or better yet, how to fix it, 
>>> would be most appreciated.
>>>
>>
>> Not too long ago I had a similar problem with an ext3 filesytem.
>> Force an fsck and see if that clears things up (if it's ext3 that is).
>>
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> No, it is ext2 - wouldn't fsck work there as well?  Is it just "fsck 
> /backups" or "fsck /dev/md0"? or do I need an option or two set?
>

# fsck /dev/md0
will probably do okay but be sure to unmount it first, (if need be).
If you want to do it interactively, in other words, to tell it to 
automitacally fix any errors as it see's fit, use the -y , option, (-y = 
yes).  
 # fsck -y /dev/md0

See:
man fsck