Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!natinst!uudell!loft386!dsuvax!ghelmer From: ghelmer@dsuvax.uucp (Guy Helmer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix Subject: Re: disk space : USED+FREE=TOTAL? Message-ID: <1990Aug28.134004.22873@dsuvax.uucp> Date: 28 Aug 90 13:40:04 GMT References: <2697.26d4fadc@csc.anu.oz> Organization: Dakota State University Lines: 25 In takeuchi@osku02.enet.dec.com (Tomoharu Takeuchi) writes: >In article <2697.26d4fadc@csc.anu.oz> axt654@csc.anu.oz writes: >> [...] >> It seems we're missing >> over 50Mb! > ultrix file system keep 10% of TOTAL is margine. > If you want to use its ,after backup file system and following command > # /etc/newfs -m 0 /dev/rrz1g rz56 > and restore files. You get USED+FREE=TOTAL. If you really need that 10% of the partition and change minfree to get it, you'll kill your disk performance. Also, there's no reason to backup/newfs/restore, just use "tunefs -m#" -- minfree is alterable at any time on a running system. >/ Tomoharu Takeuchi takeuchi@osku01.enet.dec.com / -- Guy Helmer work: DSU Computing Services, Business & Education Institute (605) 256-5315 play: MidIX System Support Services (605) 256-2788 dsuvax!ghelmer@cs.utexas.edu, ...!bigtex!loft386!dsuvax!ghelmer