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Subject: Re: Partition at 109%??
In-Reply-To: <3575A0D6.BEE33E82@designstein.com> from Brett Paden at "Jun 3, 98 02:15:34 pm"
To: paden@designstein.com (Brett Paden)
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Brett Paden wrote:
> 
> 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?

Standard behaviour in most unices, AFAIK.  See tunefs(8).

-- V

Johann Visagie | Email: wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878

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