From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 5 16:52:44 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id QAA13048 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 5 Feb 1996 16:52:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA13030 for ; Mon, 5 Feb 1996 16:52:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id LAA10023; Tue, 6 Feb 1996 11:38:22 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199602060108.LAA10023@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Decreasing the percentage (10%) of a filesystem owned by root To: jon@technix.org (Basket Case) Date: Tue, 6 Feb 1996 11:38:21 +1030 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199602051805.NAA17668@technix.org> from "Basket Case" at Feb 5, 96 01:05:34 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Basket Case stands accused of saying: > > I notice that 10% of a HD is generally allocated for root to make sure root > has some extra room for files and stuff. How can i decrease this percentage > as 10% on a 9gb drive takes a big toll and I'd like to reduce that. Would > I also have to reformat? 'man tunefs' > Jon -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "wherever you go, there you are" - Buckaroo Banzai [[