Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 16:34:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Rick Hamell <hamellr@aracnet.com> To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Disk Space Usage Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0007161632530.13770-100000@shell1.aracnet.com> In-Reply-To: <20000716162214.B225@pool0158.cvx21-bradley.dialup.e>
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> > works. Say I have an 8 gig and a 13 gig drive. I mount /usr on the 8 gig, > > along with /, /var, /tmp, etc. I then mount /home on the 13 gig drive. How > > are files handled if I write into /home? Is based upon which drive has the > > most free room? Or does it try to fill up the 8 gig drive first? Assuming > > these are IDE drives, does it matter which controller and position they're > > in (slave/mater.) Thanks in advance! > > Uhh, hmmm? If you have a filesystem mounted at /home and you write > files to that filesystem... The files get written to that filesystem, > to the disk that it is on. Maybe I misunderstand how it works... /home goes under /usr usually, right? Let's say /home is getting full, and I write something into it. Does the system take more from the 8 gig drive since /home should be under /usr, or will it give a device full error? Rick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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