Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 22:59:42 -0600 From: Nikolas Britton <freebsd@nbritton.org> To: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to get more HDD space? Message-ID: <41FB183E.9080802@nbritton.org> In-Reply-To: <41FADDCD.4040302@daleco.biz> References: <41F9137B.7020003@Phreaker.net> <20050127163403.GA50507@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <200501281221.43274.lutin@softhome.net> <41FADDCD.4040302@daleco.biz>
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Kevin Kinsey wrote:
> Lutín wrote:
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>>> When a filesystem is created, 8% of the space is reserved.
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>> ¿Why?
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> Check the manpage for tunefs(8), under the "-m" option,
> for an explanation.
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From man 7 tuning:
"tunefs(8) may be used to further tune a file system. This command
can be
run in single-user mode without having to reformat the file system. How-
ever, this is possibly the most abused program in the system. Many peo-
ple attempt to increase available file system space by setting the min-
free percentage to 0. This can lead to severe file system fragmentation
and we do not recommend that you do this."
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