Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!rlgvax!vrdxhq!grebyn!paisano!demasi From: demasi@paisano.UUCP (Michael C. De Masi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,comp.unix.wizards Subject: Wierd 3b inode problem with news. Message-ID: <283@paisano.UUCP> Date: Wed, 4-Nov-87 11:49:39 EST Article-I.D.: paisano.283 Posted: Wed Nov 4 11:49:39 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 7-Nov-87 10:20:05 EST Organization: AT&T Communications. Fairfax, VA Lines: 38 Keywords: 3b2 inode file system Xref: mnetor comp.sys.att:1667 comp.unix.wizards:5327 Hello people, I'm running usenet on a 3b2/400 Sys V r2.0.1 and I'm having a strange problem with the news file system (news is on its own file system to prevent it from interfering with other data) Soon after I first installed news, I found that I had run out of inodes long before data blocks. So, I backed up the news file system, unmounted it, did a mkfs on the disk partition with the exact same size as the origional only with 1600 more inodes, then remounted the file system and restored the news data. Everything went smoothy for a while, until the feed dried up temporarily and the news volume dropped, thus emptying out the file system somewhat. When the feed returned to full volume, I noticed that I was getting "out of inode" errors when I knew full well there weren't nearly that many files in the system. So I unmounted the news file system, fsck'd it, got a "free inode count in superblock (fix?)" message back from fsck, told it to fix it, remounted the file system and again everything went smoothly until the news volume dropped again, and the same thing happened. What I'm starting to wonder is whether or not I have accidentally created some sort of stick point in the free inode list that can only be gotten around with an fsck? Because of recent fluctuations with my news feed, it has become a real hassle to constantly have to fix the file system, so I was wondering if anyone out there had ever had a problem like this or a possible solution? Is it something I did or some strange interaction between news & Sys V? Any ideas? Awaiting your replies, -- Michael C. De Masi - AT&T Communications (For whom I work and not speak) 3702 Pender Drive, Fairfax, Virginia 22030 Phone: 703-246-9555 UUCP: seismo!decuac!grebyn!paisano!demasi "There are monkey boys on the premises." Unknown red Lectroid.