strange df behaviour

[Sven Klomp]

> The filesystem on it is ext3. The df program from virtualbox reports it
> is filled 84%. But one cannot write there, because no space is
> available. Outputs:
> 
> 
> root at om-gta02 ~ $ df
> Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev/root               252544    142744    109800  57% /
> none                     60428        56     60372   0% /dev
> shmfs                    60428         0     60428   0% /dev/shm
> /dev/mmcblk0p1          479836    382001     73061  84% /media/card
> volatile                 60428      1572     58856   3% /var/volatile
> 
> 
> root at om-gta02 ~ $ echo tetetette > /media/card/te
> -sh: can't create /media/card/te: No space left on device

I think you run out of inodes because of maps data.
Run df -i

Sven