Date: Mon, 02 Sep 1996 10:09:34 -0400 From: Gary Chrysler <tcg@ime.net> To: Dave Andersen <angio@aros.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with file system Message-ID: <322AEA9E.7862@ime.net> References: <199609020804.CAA02286@shell.aros.net>
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Dave Andersen wrote: > > Lo and behold, Gary Chrysler once said: > > > > In brief: newfs -i XXXX <filesystem> > > > > > > where XXXX should probably be 1024. The default is 2048, which obviously > > > isn't enough in your case. > > > > > > > Am I missing something here or is this a typo.. :) > > > > 'should be 1024, The default is 2048', Hmm. Kinda looks bassackwards > > to me. If 2048 is the default and is not enough then 1024 would > > make it worse right?? > > > > Just asking, I don't know myself, Maybe I'm wrong. > > It's in TFM. :) > > -i number of byte per inode > > So the larger the number, the MORE bytes per inode. You want to > tell it to create one inode for every 1k of disk space instead of every > 2k of disk space (the default), because the average news article is less > than 1k, so you run out. That way, you get tons of inodes at the expense > of some drive space. > > Of course, if you have a separate partition for binaries (which either > you do, or you're not carrying binaries) you can do the reverse: -i 4096 > or something similar, because the average alt.binaries file is > considerably larger than 4k. > Thank you.. I learned what I needed in 5 minutes, versus hours RTFM'n. -Enjoy Gary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Improve America's Knowledge... Share yours The Borg... Where minds meet (207) 929-3848
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