From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 23 13:46:49 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CBF216A41C for ; Mon, 23 May 2005 13:46:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from adam@internode.com.au) Received: from hamish.internode.com.au (hamish.internode.com.au [192.83.231.113]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E481843D4C for ; Mon, 23 May 2005 13:46:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from adam@internode.com.au) Received: from hamish.internode.com.au (localhost.internode.com.au [127.0.0.1]) by hamish.internode.com.au (8.12.9/8.12.1) with ESMTP id j4NDkgva060922; Mon, 23 May 2005 23:16:42 +0930 (CST) Received: (from adam@localhost) by hamish.internode.com.au (8.12.9/8.12.1/Submit) id j4NDkgW7060905; Mon, 23 May 2005 23:16:42 +0930 (CST) X-Authentication-Warning: hamish.internode.com.au: adam set sender to adam@internode.com.au using -f Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 23:16:42 +0930 From: Adam Smith To: Lowell Gilbert Message-ID: <20050523134642.GA59066@internode.com.au> References: <200505231326.j4NDQPZx005076@clunix.cl.msu.edu> <44oeb212t6.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44oeb212t6.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Face: $vsV$1FNbZN\JVpjV#&+/!oVW`Kw$j?w_,te\SS}(tKD21c+l$t%\RCS(r$G; XXk]6,(!N:&(N3EV0bY`3):UrgG7'*qsj3l.75IaHV1<`i*{[L\:F*l6fH##C:-p2]xW/R-Z:!bo; 5g3GP-{I{}7O>tN}`Xm/=-:8NG?f-r'$Qc3y[aW-7'W_S<`KYU!_; `7K=kuC$-.7J2*kk=~`c@ADp+xhsv(!a@eW-R_5wtx+tC)(]%W+ X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.24 (www . roaringpenguin . com / mimedefang) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: free space showing wrong; fsck doesn't help 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: Mon, 23 May 2005 13:46:49 -0000 On Mon, May 23, 2005 at 09:37:09AM -0400, Lowell Gilbert said: > Jerry McAllister writes: > > > Please check the archives and the handook regarding system reserved > > space on file systems. This has been covered so many times it makes > > my carpal tunnel ache just to think about typing stuff about it again. > > In fact, it's been covered so many times that it's been in the > Frequently Asked Questions list for many years now. Searching for terms such as 'freebsd fsck incorrect free space' and 'freebsd reporting incorrect free space' were obviously not the right things to be searching for in order to bring up the FAQ page in the results. I did not consult it directly. I reiterate; perhaps the operating system could have been more helpful (by way of fsck being able to detect this problem or by having more details of the problem logged to /var/log/messages) because it was not obvious in the first instance that the FreeBSD FAQ was to be my first port of call. Next time you see me post any request to this list, you can be assured I will have checked the FAQ most thoroughly. Regards, -- Adam Smith Internode : http://www.internode.on.net Phone : (08) 8228 2999