DevATA_DISKFULL

[jph108]

Running under Windows (the host OS) I recently installed a new VM (Fedora as guest OS) and kept getting the DevATA_DISKFULL error when I updated packages. I was using an external hard drive with 300GB free, and had created a 100 GB expandable virtual drive, but kept getting the error. Searching the forums here, someone mentioned that if a drive is formatted as FAT32, the maximum file size is limited to 4GB, and that turned out to be my problem. Converting to NTFS was the quick solution, so if you're getting that error under Windows that's one thing to try. It can be done without losing data.

This can be done by running the following at the DOS prompt:

chkdsk (your drive letter here): /F

That will fix any problems on the drive. Then run:

convert (your drive letter here): /fs:ntfs

which will begin the conversion process. (Substitute the letter assigned to your drive, like D: or E: for 'your drive letter here' above).

Hope this helps.

[TerryE]

When you've done this, remember to defrag your drive. This will take a bit of time first time. This is because the NTFS cluster size is smaller than FAT32 and therefore the file system has loads of tiny whitespaces in it.