"No Space Left on Device" - But There's Lots of Space
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On Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. I have a source drive (NTFS) and a target drive (ext4). Both are encrypted and mounted in VeraCrypt 1.25.9. The Ubuntu Files tool says the target has 200GB free.
I attempt to copy a 122-byte file from the source to the target. The file already exists in the target. Ubuntu objects: "Error while copying ... There is not enough space on the destination. ... 122 bytes more space is required to copy to the destination." I choose Copy Anyway. Ubuntu asks if I want to replace the target file. I click Replace. This results in "Error while copying ... Error splicing file: No space left on device."
It seems that (a) even if there were no space left, it should be possible to replace the file with its exact size duplicate and (b) there seems to be a lot of available space. My searches are not finding a solution.
Please have a look at this article, as it contains possible solutions to such kind of issues.
https://www.maketecheasier.com/fix-linux-no-space-left-on-device-error/
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