From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 5 13:52:40 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id NAA28927 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 5 Feb 1996 13:52:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from uswat.advtech.uswest.com (uswat.advtech.uswest.com [130.13.16.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA28910 for ; Mon, 5 Feb 1996 13:52:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from egate.mnet.uswest.com ([151.116.23.138]) by uswat.advtech.uswest.com (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA27916; Mon, 5 Feb 1996 14:52:21 -0700 (MST) Received: from easthub (easthub.mnet.uswest.com [151.117.26.86]) by egate.mnet.uswest.com (8.7.1/8.7.1) with SMTP id PAA11534; Mon, 5 Feb 1996 15:00:19 -0700 (MST) Received: by easthub.mnet.uswest.com (M-Net Hub.951228) Received: from astro.acs.uswest.com by acs.uswest.com (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA19393; Mon, 5 Feb 1996 15:52:04 -0600 Received: from kermit.acs.uswest.com by astro.acs.uswest.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id PAA24928; Mon, 5 Feb 1996 15:51:59 -0600 From: ptroot@uswest.com (Paul T. Root) Received: by kermit.acs.uswest.com (5.x/SPARCbook_POP1.1) id AA02088; Mon, 5 Feb 1996 15:51:58 -0600 Message-Id: <9602052151.AA02088@kermit.acs.uswest.com> Subject: Re: Decreasing the percentage (10%) of a filesystem owned by root To: jon@technix.org (Basket Case) Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 15:51:58 -0600 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199602051805.NAA17668@technix.org> from "Basket Case" at Feb 5, 96 01:05:34 pm X-Organization: !nterprise Networking Services X-Phone: (612) 663-1979 X-Fax: (612) 663-8030 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 200 S. 5th St., Suite 1100 X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55402 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk In a previous message, Basket Case said: > > Hi -- > > I notice that 10% of a HD is generally allocated for root to make sure root > has some extra room for files and stuff. How can i decrease this percentage > as 10% on a 9gb drive takes a big toll and I'd like to reduce that. Would > I also have to reformat? > > Thanks. > Jon See tunefs Paul. -- Paul T. Root - USWEST !NTERPRISE Networking Service ptroot@uswest.com MGB - British Racing Green on Top Castrol and Gerling green on the bottom - Peter Egan