Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 22:00:23 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> To: warrior@mailbox.riga.lv Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: out of inodes Message-ID: <20020331215228.N2722-100000@catalyst.sasknow.net> In-Reply-To: <200203312015.g2VKFvk30443@smtp.delfi.lv>
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warrior@mailbox.riga.lv wrote to questions@FreeBSD.ORG: > I was installing Ports Collection, then suddenly: > /:create/symlink failed, no inodes free > > Weird, since I've space! Not weird. Free space != free inodes. Free space corresponds to blocks of unallocated storage. Free inodes correspond exactly to files. UFS partitions have limits not only on how much space you can utilize, but on how many files you can create. If I recall correctly, the recent ports collection contains on the order of 60,000 files, PLUS the directory links. I don't have access to a FreeBSD system right now, so I can't give an exact number. Point is, though, that the ports collection will significantly bloat your inode count. > the sysinstall command created that slice with default settings, so > I don't know. Run 'df -i' to see the iused and ifree columns, which basically show you how many files you have created vs. how many files you can create, for each partition. To increase ifree, you must re-run newfs with a lower -i value. - Ryan -- Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> Network Administrator, Accounts SaskNow Technologies - http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E - Saskatoon, SK - S7H 0W2 Tel: 306-664-3600 Fax: 306-664-1161 Saskatoon Toll-Free: 877-727-5669 (877-SASKNOW) North America To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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