No space left on device

From: Kimberly Webb (kimw_at_nospam.pos.org)
Date: 08/26/03 

Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 15:30:56 -0400

I'm a VERY new linux user trying to administer an existing linux box to
allow remote dial-in access on our network. It's Red Hat Linux release 7.3,
Kernel 2.4.18-5 on an i686.

During boot up I get an error "no space left on device"

What exactly should I delete to fix this? I assume there are log files I
can get rid of but how to I navigate to them. Should I delete the files or
just open them in vi and empty them? How do I even get into the /dev/hda2
to do anything? A patient person that could provide step by step
directions would be VERY appreciated. Many thanks in advance for your help.

I already used pine to delete all the mail.

[root@fluffy root]# df -k
Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda2 1619164 1618780 0 100% /
/dev/hda1 148345 5389 135297 4% /boot
none 128088 0 128088 0% /dev/shm
[root@fluffy root]#
[root@fluffy root]# df -i
Filesystem Inodes IUsed IFree IUse% Mounted on
/dev/hda2 205920 64321 141599 32% /
/dev/hda1 38304 43 38261 1% /boot
none 32022 1 32021 1% /dev/shm
[root@fluffy root]#

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