System crash - now shows "no space on device"

[joe at actionline.com]

> You probably ran out of inodes.
>
> Check how many free inodes you have.

How does one check to see how many free inodes one has?

df shows all the file space used 12-gigs allocated - 12-gigs used - zero
available.



> On Sep 3, 2012 6:09 PM, <joe at actionline.com> wrote:
>
>> My system crashed today - screen just went black when I clicked on the
>> calendar.  Could no longer boot to kde.  So, I booted into safe mode and
>> 'df' shows the root partition (12 gig) is filled.
>>
>> My home directory seems to be intact (thank God), but I can't figure out
>> what has happened to fill up the root partition.
>>
>> 'du' on '/' shows a total of only 3.5 gig of space used, so why is the
>> rest of the root partition filled up with 12-gig of space used?
>>
>> I tried to ssh login to the system from another computer wire-connected
>> on
>> the same ethernet but 'ssh' says "no route to host."  I did
>> '/etc/init.d/sshd start' and got the response "OK" but I cannot connect.
>> 'ifconfig' is found on the system, but returns no response when I invoke
>> it.
>>
>>
>>
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