Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 18:49:19 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: lore <lore@phile.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Circumventing a full partition? Message-ID: <19990512184918.P89091@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <373944A1.C218E14B@phile.com.au>; from lore on Wed, May 12, 1999 at 07:06:41PM %2B1000 References: <37380767.DE01F72@phile.com.au> <19990512095521.D65965@freebie.lemis.com> <373944A1.C218E14B@phile.com.au>
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On Wednesday, 12 May 1999 at 19:06:41 +1000, lore wrote: > Greg wrote: > >>> Output of df: >>> Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on >>> /dev/wd1s2a 198399 27897 154631 15% / >>> /dev/wd1s2h 597719 44324 505578 8% /home >>> /dev/wd1s2f 694607 666675 -27636 104% /usr >>> /dev/wd1s2g 694607 49705 589334 8% /usr/local >>> /dev/wd1s2e 99183 2608 88641 3% /var >>> procfs 4 4 0 100% /proc >> >> I don't understand this format. Is it supposed to represent a >> hierarchy? >> > > I'm not sure what you mean (I'll claim the newbie defense) about > this being a hierarchy, but it is the verbatim output of "df". I've only > just started migrating some of my machines from OS/2 to a *nix-like > system. Well, in fact what I said was: >> Output of ls /usr (reformatted to save space) >> X11R6 bin bind compat games include >> lib libdata >> libexec local mdec obj ports >> sbin share >> src tmp > > I don't understand this format. Is it supposed to represent a > hierarchy? I was referring to your reformatting, and I didn't understand why you did it like that. > When I did the initial install, I read the online install help > stuff and I'm pretty sure there was some info in there that suggested > there was some benefits in putting /usr and /usr/local on different > filesystems. It was probably in the part when you have the option to > hit "?" (or similar) when you're making the filesystems. > This was on the 3.1-Release CD installation. Hmm. We should probably revise that. You can obviously now see the disadvantage :-) > So foolishy thinking that 2.x GB was enough to do anything I wanted > I took up the recommendation. Oh well, we live and learn I suppose :) > I know I should bite the bullet and say "well I cocked up and I should > learn from my experience and install it again", but I've got most > everything I want working, and hate the idea of starting again. Right. There are relatively few reasons for starting an installation from scratch. Even here I'd probably do a backup, a minimal install, and a restore. > Maybe when 3.2 goes stable I'll do it, That'll be on Saturday :-) > but hopefully I can work around > the problem for the time being. For the moment, I've moved a few > things and soft-linked them (thanks to the hand-holding of Rudi, Andy > and yourself I got the courage) and it seems to be working OK. > > Although, I'm still a little perplexed. The output shown above was a > straight cut'n'paste job, and I'm not sure how I could have been > using 104% of that file system, with a negative number of > blocks available. No, that's normal. You can get up 109%; the last 9% are reserved for root. Look at the total number of blocks and the number used. > PS. I'm amazed at the work that goes into the answers in this > mailing list. A few weeks back, Doug W was obviously putting in a > *lot* of time answering emails. In fact, Doug's been pretty quiet lately. He used to regularly answer 45 messages a day in the 90 minute slot he got at the workstation at college, nicely sorted alphabetically. A wonder to behold. > And I've noticed recently several other people, including yourself > (Greg L) putting in a lot of replies. I'm making a guess here, but > does the FBSD group have a roster of volunteers that donate there > time to answer "newbie-type" questions? No, it's more conincidence. Sometimes we're all too busy. > If it does, I hope to get to the stage in a few months, where I have > sufficient experience and knowledge that I can volunteer some time > to the cause. Lurk for a while. When you see a question you know the answer to, answer it. It's easier than you think. Just try to be right: it doesn't help anybody if you give the wrong answer. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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