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Date:      Mon, 7 Nov 2011 10:27:02 -0800 (PST)
From:      rtsit <rtsit@yahoo.com>
To:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org" <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
Subject:   Re: OH NO! IT says my root partition / is full but it isn't! Why is FreeBSD lying about space?
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Thanks Lowell. =0A=0A=0AI did reboot the machine a few times, hoping that a=
ny process in memory that still claimed ownership of an open part of the di=
sk would release it.=0A=0ADidn't work. I'm going to try the other method re=
commended by Michael Sierchio -- to reboot in single user mode and try and =
clear out any directory structures that could exist that my mount labels co=
uld be hiding.=A0 Thanks for the reply and helpful link.=0A=0A(It was nice =
to not see a RTFM response, but a helpful link -- it is appreciated).=0A=0A=
=0A=0A________________________________=0AFrom: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-ques=
tions-local@be-well.ilk.org>=0ATo: rtsit <rtsit@yahoo.com>=0ACc: "freebsd-q=
uestions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>=0ASent: Monday, Novem=
ber 7, 2011 10:01 AM=0ASubject: Re: OH NO! IT says my root partition / is f=
ull but it isn't! Why is FreeBSD lying about space?=0A=0ATry the FAQ entry =
titled "The du and df commands show different amounts=0Aof disk space avail=
able. What is going on?".=A0 You can find it at:=0Ahttp://be-well.ilk.org/F=
reeBSD/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html#DU-VS-DF



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