As well as this, I note you are using reiserfs. I had a related problem
with a directory that contained files I could read but not write, and
had size anomolies. Attempts to delete a file in this directory caused
a total lockup, but I copied all data to another directory without a
problem. Shut down to single user and check with reiserfsck from the
reiserfs-utils package. There is an argument that does a check only to
see if it can indeed fix the problem. Worked for me.
BillK
Nick Thompson wrote:
>
> Mark,
>
> Another way it is possible to loose disk (again, at least on Solaris) is to
> create a really big directory in your root partition, lets call it /var, and
> then mount a another partition right on top of if. Now the disk space is still
> used, but you have no way of seeing it in normal use. I can't think of any good
> way of debugging this problem, besides dropping to a lower init level and
> umounting a few things to see if anything is hiding under them.
>
> This maybe a bit unlikely, depending on the history of your system, but I can't
> think of anything else above whats already be suggested.
>
> Nick.
>
> Mark Weaver wrote:
>
> >
> [ More info about his missing disk space]
> >
