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

[terry]

Fred James wrote:

> ...am running "fsck /backups" (-y not available for some reason) and I 
> am keeping my finger on the y key.
> ...been running for over an hour now (boring and I have to keep 
> changing fingers)
> ...is there a point at which I should assume it is futile, and just 
> abort?
>
A portion of man fsck:

       Currently,  standardized  file system-specific options are
       somewhat in flux.  Although not guaranteed, the  following
       options are supported by most file system checkers:

       -a     Automatically  repair  the  file system without any
              questions (use this  option  with  caution).   Note
              that  e2fsck(8)  supports -a for backwards compati­
              bility only.  This option is mapped to e2fsck's  -p
              option  which  is safe to use, unlike the -a option
              that most file system checkers support.