From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 12 19:02:58 2004 Return-Path: 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 EE06D16A4CE for ; Mon, 12 Jul 2004 19:02:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from nekulturny.org (S0106004001438e5b.cg.shawcable.net [68.144.47.89]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8162943D54 for ; Mon, 12 Jul 2004 19:02:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from flowers@nekulturny.org) Received: from nekulturny.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nekulturny.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i6CJ2qZN030812; Mon, 12 Jul 2004 13:02:52 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from flowers@nekulturny.org) Received: (from flowers@localhost) by nekulturny.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i6CJ2pED030811; Mon, 12 Jul 2004 13:02:51 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from flowers) Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 13:02:51 -0600 From: Danny MacMillan To: Bill Moran Message-ID: <20040712190251.GA839@procyon.nekulturny.org> References: <003e01c466bf$ff07e270$627ba8c0@phoenix> <20040710175008.30edb5fc.wmoran@potentialtech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040710175008.30edb5fc.wmoran@potentialtech.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: Graham North Subject: Re: resizing my slices/partitions - was pruning the Ports tree X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 19:02:59 -0000 On Sat, Jul 10, 2004 at 03:50:08PM -0600, Bill Moran wrote: > > "Graham North" wrote: > > > recently installing a full ports tree I find that my FBSD /usr slice is > > almost out of file handles. > > This is very unusual. There are generally more than enough inodes so that > you don't run out of inodes before you run out of space. Did you use I don't think it's that unusual for a small slice. For example I recently installed FreeBSD on a 1.44GB hard drive, using the auto-defaults, and I ran out of inodes on /usr before sysinstall was finished installing the ports collection. That's when I learned about those options to newfs. It's only the inodes / block averaged over time figure that matters when determining the proper ratio. Some activities (like installing the ports collection) use a lot of inodes / block, but that doesn't mean the steady- state use of the system will continue to consume inodes at the same prodigious rate. The OP will probably be fine by giving himself twice the inodes on that partition. -- Danny MacMillan