Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 19:06:41 +1000 From: lore <lore@phile.com.au> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Circumventing a full partition? Message-ID: <373944A1.C218E14B@phile.com.au> References: <37380767.DE01F72@phile.com.au> <19990512095521.D65965@freebie.lemis.com>
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Greg wrote: > > Output of df: > > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > > /dev/wd1s2a 198399 27897 154631 15% / > > /dev/wd1s2h 597719 44324 505578 8% /home > > /dev/wd1s2f 694607 666675 -27636 104% /usr > > /dev/wd1s2g 694607 49705 589334 8% /usr/local > > /dev/wd1s2e 99183 2608 88641 3% /var > > procfs 4 4 0 100% /proc > > I don't understand this format. Is it supposed to represent a > hierarchy? > I'm not sure what you mean (I'll claim the newbie defense) about this being a hierarchy, but it is the verbatim output of "df". I've only just started migrating some of my machines from OS/2 to a *nix-like system. When I did the initial install, I read the online install help stuff and I'm pretty sure there was some info in there that suggested there was some benefits in putting /usr and /usr/local on different filesystems. It was probably in the part when you have the option to hit "?" (or similar) when you're making the filesystems. This was on the 3.1-Release CD installation. So foolishy thinking that 2.x GB was enough to do anything I wanted I took up the recommendation. Oh well, we live and learn I suppose :) I know I should bite the bullet and say "well I cocked up and I should learn from my experience and install it again", but I've got most everything I want working, and hate the idea of starting again. Maybe when 3.2 goes stable I'll do it, but hopefully I can work around the problem for the time being. For the moment, I've moved a few things and soft-linked them (thanks to the hand-holding of Rudi, Andy and yourself I got the courage) and it seems to be working OK. Although, I'm still a little perplexed. The output shown above was a straight cut'n'paste job, and I'm not sure how I could have been using 104% of that file system, with a negative number of blocks available. Anyway, thanks to everyone that assisted. Cheers Loren PS. I'm amazed at the work that goes into the answers in this mailing list. A few weeks back, Doug W was obviously putting in a *lot* of time answering emails. And I've noticed recently several other people, including yourself (Greg L) putting in a lot of replies. I'm making a guess here, but does the FBSD group have a roster of volunteers that donate there time to answer "newbie-type" questions? If it does, I hope to get to the stage in a few months, where I have sufficient experience and knowledge that I can volunteer some time to the cause. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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