Date: 16 Jul 2000 16:24:04 -0700 From: Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Disk Space Usage Message-ID: <m2ya317j6z.fsf@reader.ptw.com> In-Reply-To: Rick Hamell's message of "Sun, 16 Jul 2000 15:34:54 -0700 (PDT)" References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0007161531150.13770-100000@shell1.aracnet.com>
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Rick Hamell <hamellr@aracnet.com> writes: > Ok this question is meant mostly clarify in my mind how this > 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! I'm a bit green too so you can take this for what it is worth. If you mount home on a separate 13gig drive, any files written to home will go directly there (ie to the 13gig drive) and will have nothing to do with the other one, regardless of usage conditions (fullness). Assuming your home slice doesn't overlap both drives and it has room on it. If it doesn't have room you will get a `device full' message. The other drive just doesn't enter the picture. The position the drives are in should not matter at all. Although given a choice I'd put /boot and "/" on first master. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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