# Cat: write error: No space left on device

**URL:** <https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/cat-write-error-no-space-left-on-device/7535>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** logs\
**Created:** [February 25, 2018, 11:03am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/cat-write-error-no-space-left-on-device/7535 "2018-02-25T11:03:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![DanSchaper](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/danschaper/32/91_2.png) [@DanSchaper](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/DanSchaper)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/cat-write-error-no-space-left-on-device/7535/2 "2018-02-25T15:36:38Z")

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You have the `/var/log` partition set to use RAM instead of SD Card space, check the distribution source that you got the OS from and see if they have instructions on how to disable `log2ram` to get space back.

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