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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in3.uu.net!128.230.129.106!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.ifu.net!ifu.ifu.net!ranada From: Gerald Ranada <ranada@ifu.ifu.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Out of INODES Date: 27 Jun 1997 19:12:30 GMT Organization: Internet For 'U' Lines: 20 Message-ID: <5p13au$mo1$1@news.ifu.net> References: <01bc830e$a0ffc9f0$0f00a8c0@kahuna> NNTP-Posting-Host: ifu.ifu.net X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 unoff BETA 970527; i386 FreeBSD 3.0-970527-SNAP] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43645 Kurt Schafer <kschafer@cyberbeach.net> wrote: > I received an error that one of the directories I've got set up as a > repository for USENET articles is out of inodes. > The drive is a 4gig barracuda of which 1.2gigs are taken up. But god knows > how many actual files and directories are hogging inodes. > The machine is an INND server with the /var/news distributed amongst 4 4gig > drives via symlinks to different tree hierarchies. (alt rec, etc) > Any pointers would be welcome. > - Kurt You would have to newfs the filesystem with a flag of -i. I normally use "newfs -b 8192 -f 1024 -i 1536" and get plenty of inodes to play with. -- [%>Gerald Ranada - System Administrator - http://www.ifu.net - 1984 is now<%] [%>Futurist/Cyberpunk/Info Enthusist - PGP Public Key available by request<%]