How can I empty the space?

[jianzhangbjz]

Got the No space left on device error when starting the machine, how can I empty it? Thanks!

jiazha-mac:~ jiazha$ podman machine list 
NAME                     VM TYPE     CREATED       LAST UP     CPUS        MEMORY      DISK SIZE
podman-machine-default*  applehv     16 hours ago  Never       5           2GiB        100GiB

jiazha-mac:~ jiazha$ podman machine start
Starting machine "podman-machine-default"

This machine is currently configured in rootless mode. If your containers
require root permissions (e.g. ports < 1024), or if you run into compatibility
issues with non-podman clients, you can switch using the following command:

	podman machine set --rootful

Error: mkdir /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/l: no space left on device
/usr/bin/bash: line 10: /etc/systemd/system.conf.d/default-env.conf: No space left on device
WARN[0009] API socket failed ping test                  
API forwarding listening on: /var/run/docker.sock
Docker API clients default to this address. You do not need to set DOCKER_HOST.

Machine "podman-machine-default" started successfully
jiazha-mac:~ jiazha$ podman machine start --help
Start an existing machine

Description:
  Start a managed virtual machine 

Usage:
  podman machine start [options] [MACHINE]

Examples:
  podman machine start podman-machine-default

Options:
      --no-info   Suppress informational tips
  -q, --quiet     Suppress machine starting status output

jiazha-mac:~ jiazha$ podman --version
podman version 5.0.0

[jianzhangbjz]

And, seems like the machine started failed.

jiazha-mac:~ jiazha$ podman images 
Cannot connect to Podman. Please verify your connection to the Linux system using `podman system connection list`, or try `podman machine init` and `podman machine start` to manage a new Linux VM
Error: unable to connect to Podman socket: Get "http://d/v5.0.0/libpod/_ping": ssh: rejected: connect failed (open failed)

[TomerFi]

Recreating the machine fixed the issue for me, but I didn't check if the storage was freed.

[jianzhangbjz]

The full context dir must be copied into the VM on build. So the solution is to copy your content to a new folder. See: #23287 (comment)