From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 14 19:46:44 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 866AE1065672 for ; Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:46:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from idcmail-mo2no.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo2no.shaw.ca [64.59.134.9]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5988B8FC14 for ; Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:46:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from pd7ml1no-ssvc.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.153.161]) by pd6mo1no-svcs.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 14 Mar 2009 13:46:43 -0600 X-Cloudmark-SP-Filtered: true X-Cloudmark-SP-Result: v=1.0 c=0 a=KoDPwd6_AAAA:8 a=Ah_0Hvb-y6FNIkugxVsA:9 a=NRIpngR9zZpEUdvuoPwA:7 a=q0K_Vz7LV7a6yibeseNNyerjYmcA:4 Received: from s0106000d935c7902.du.shawcable.net (HELO gom) ([70.67.160.177]) by pd7ml1no-dmz.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 14 Mar 2009 13:46:43 -0600 Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 12:46:41 -0700 From: prad To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090314124641.73784a47@gom> In-Reply-To: References: <20090312223713.55535586@gom.home> <20090314181500.GA92129@ozzmosis.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.11; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: the pause that removes X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:46:44 -0000 On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:34:39 +0100 (CET) Wojciech Puchar wrote: > indeed. FreeBSD actually postpones free space bitmap update. after > deleting many gigs of files you'll see disk working after a while. > excellent! so is this a freebsd thing or a ufs filesystem thing? -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) Information, Inspiration, Imagination - truly a site for soaring I's