Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 06:19:28 -0600 (CST) From: Steve <vandena@umail.com> To: Bryant Martin <bryant@cms-mpc.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Checking Disk Space. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101210619020.9767-100000@testbed.com> In-Reply-To: <3A6AB6B3.69BDF655@cms-mpc.com>
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You can run your preference of the df command. See man df for
particulars.
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stevevan@vyrus.net
On Sun, 21 Jan 2001, Bryant Martin wrote:
>
> I have an older FreeBSD installation, supplied to me by my ISP many
> years ago. It was on a 1.6 GB EIDE drive and old 66 Mhz PC.
>
> Two weeks ago I decided to replace this server with a new PC, with 4
> GB EIDE, CD Drive and fast processor. Not knowing how to do it, I
> pulled the 1.6 drive and found that Norton's `Ghost' could read it. I
> copied it to the 4 GB offline. I put the 4 GB in the new PC and it ran
> fine, except the first night, when it coughed and restared several
> times. I think BSD must have been making fixes for its new environment?
>
> But, I would like to know how much of the 4 GB the single OS is
> using. I have looked at my books and your site helps and can't seem to
> find a command similar to dos' `dir', which will end its display with
> `bytes available' info.
>
> This raises other issues: If it's using 1.6 GB only, who there can
> help me (for money) by phone change the slice sizes, and maybe advise
> about swap space and other matters, such as is the CD being seen, and is
> the CD useful to me. This is a small installation of less than 60
> users.
>
> Too, I once wrote some PPP stuff to get my dial-up modem working on
> COM1. That took me two months, and I've forgotten how I did it,
> exactly, but it's working great. (This gives me ISP free from home
> through my BSD at the office.)
>
> Can one of your experts help me look at my install and get the same
> thing working for COM2, so I can hang another modem?
>
> Last point. It's been centuries since I upgraded (although I have
> two newer CD sets at my office where I was thinking about trying).
> Everything runs great on my system, but I need to consider the security
> implications of staying back at my old level.
>
> Thanks for considering my pleas.
>
> Bryant Martin
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