The root filesystem is 100% full while an fsck and reboot has no effect

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Root filesystem is 100% full
  • The command du -x / shows that all use 5 GB while df reports that / filesystem (10GB) is 100% used
  • Tried rebooting and running fsck from RescueCD, no effect

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) - all versions

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