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Date: Wed, 03 Jun 1998 15:35:15 -0700
To: Brett Paden <paden@designstein.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
From: don morrison <dmorrisn@u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: Partition at 109%??
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>I can remove and add to the root partion such that capacity ranges
>anyhere between 100% and 110%.  For exmaple, I can move  the generic
>kernel to /var/tmp (lowering / to 106% capacity) then put it back again.
>
>Is this merely as safety precaution, or is this a weird bug I am
>witnessing?

Nope, that's normal. :)  FreeBSD underrates how much space you have left to
help keep you with a "healthy" amount of free space (which a functioning
system needs.)


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