[Bug 531216] [NEW] Ubuntu 9.10 Server x86_64 - mysql crashes 'ERROR: The partition with /data/mysql is too full!' but there are at least 16 GB free on each partiton (boot and data)

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Public bug reported:

mysql package version:  5.1.37-1ubuntu5.1
System is completely up to date.

The mysql server crashes logging the following error message
"/etc/init.d/mysql[965]: ERROR: The partition with /data/mysql is too
full!" in syslog.

df -h delivers the following output: 
/dev/sda1              20G  1,7G   17G  10% /
udev                  500M  208K  500M   1% /dev
none                  500M     0  500M   0% /dev/shm
none                  500M  1,3M  499M   1% /var/run
none                  500M  4,0K  500M   1% /var/lock
none                  500M     0  500M   0% /lib/init/rw
/dev/sda5              36G  5,0G   30G  15% /data

sda1 is used as boot partition
sda5 is used as data partition (mounted as /data) and mysql /var/lib/mysql is symlinked to /data/mysql

I've found the debian bug 367083 (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-
bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=367083) which looks similar but as far as I see
the fix for this was applied to the /etc/init.d/mysql script in my
current mysql version.

** Affects: mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Ubuntu 9.10 Server x86_64 - mysql crashes 'ERROR: The partition with /data/mysql is too full!' but there are at least 16 GB free on each partiton (boot and data)
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