Re: Newbie needs help with ERROR: could not write to file

Ron Johnson wrote:
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> On 10/18/06 20:41, andrew plata wrote:
>> I am trying to following the instructions at URL below to try to create a
>> database called web_database required for phpPgAdmin. When I try to do this
>> I get the following error:
>>
>> template1=# create database web_database owner web_user;
>> ERROR: could not write to file "base/16390/2682": No space left on device
>> template1=# exit
>> template1-# \q
>>
>> Any ideas what may be causing this to happen?
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> "No space left on device"
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> Maybe your disk is full?
>

I bet that you are running FreeBSD and your dataDir is in /var/db which
is a small slice.

Setup your dataDir on a slice with more space.

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