Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 10:05:34 -0400 From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> To: 'Lowell Gilbert' <lowell@world.std.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: inodes? (RE: #make problem) Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105AD1@site2s1>
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Ok, so I used sysinstall to partition my disks. Did that use some formula to determine the number of inodes on my filesystem? or is there a pre-defined formula to do this? Ok, I read the newfs man page and answered my own question. Now comes my next question. If it is such a problem that people run out of inodes, why is the default "so low" (so to speak, since it seems unreachably high for me)? Or are people who are short on inodes the exception to the rule? -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Lowell Gilbert [SMTP:lowell@world.std.com] > Sent: Friday, July 23, 1999 1:27 PM > To: ChrisMic@clientlogic.com > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: inodes? (RE: #make problem) > > From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> > Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 11:06:24 -0400 > > For the sake of argument, what determines the number of inodes that a > filesystem has? Because I have about 12GB on a 20GB filesystem and > maybe 4% > of my inodes are used. Given this experience it's hard for me to > picture > someone running out of inodes. :) > > The -i option to newfs. > > Again, it comes back to being efficient with disk space. Most people, > like yourself (and, for that matter, myself), have enough space that > throwing away a few megabytes is no big deal. However, it is quite > important to be *able* to avoid the wastage. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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