Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 20:02:19 -0400 From: Nick Evans <nevans@nextvenue.com> To: 'Rick Hamell' <hamellr@aracnet.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Disk Space Usage Message-ID: <712384017032D411AD7B0001023D799B07C9E1@sn1exchmbx.nextvenue.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] no, if you do not specify a /home folder then it symlinks it to /usr/home, if you specify a /home directory then it get's written to that directory. -----Original Message----- From: Rick Hamell [mailto:hamellr@aracnet.com] Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2000 7:35 PM To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Disk Space Usage > > works. Say I have an 8 gig and a 13 gig drive. I mount /usr on the 8 gig, > > along with /, /var, /tmp, etc. I then mount /home on the 13 gig drive. How > > are files handled if I write into /home? Is based upon which drive has the > > most free room? Or does it try to fill up the 8 gig drive first? Assuming > > these are IDE drives, does it matter which controller and position they're > > in (slave/mater.) Thanks in advance! > > Uhh, hmmm? If you have a filesystem mounted at /home and you write > files to that filesystem... The files get written to that filesystem, > to the disk that it is on. Maybe I misunderstand how it works... /home goes under /usr usually, right? Let's say /home is getting full, and I write something into it. Does the system take more from the 8 gig drive since /home should be under /usr, or will it give a device full error? Rick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2652.35"> <TITLE>RE: Disk Space Usage</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <P><FONT SIZE=2>no, if you do not specify a /home folder then it symlinks it to /usr/home, if you specify a /home directory then it get's written to that directory.</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Rick Hamell [<A HREF="mailto:hamellr@aracnet.com">mailto:hamellr@aracnet.com</A>]</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2000 7:35 PM</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: Disk Space Usage</FONT> </P> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=2>> > works. Say I have an 8 gig and a 13 gig drive. I mount /usr on the 8 gig,</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > along with /, /var, /tmp, etc. I then mount /home on the 13 gig drive. How</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > are files handled if I write into /home? Is based upon which drive has the</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > most free room? Or does it try to fill up the 8 gig drive first? Assuming</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > these are IDE drives, does it matter which controller and position they're</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > in (slave/mater.) Thanks in advance!</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Uhh, hmmm? If you have a filesystem mounted at /home and you write</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> files to that filesystem... The files get written to that filesystem,</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> to the disk that it is on.</FONT> </P> <P> <FONT SIZE=2>Maybe I misunderstand how it works... /home goes under /usr</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>usually, right? Let's say /home is getting full, and I write something</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>into it. Does the system take more from the 8 gig drive since /home should</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>be under /usr, or will it give a device full error?</FONT> </P> <BR> <P> <FONT SIZE=2>Rick</FONT> </P> <BR> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=2>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message</FONT> </P> </BODY> </HTML>
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