[opensuse] YOU Disk Space Warning.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Yast online update insists that my disk space is low: name · Disk usage · used · Free · total /grande 97% 161 GB 3.5 GB 164 GB (in red) Now, isn't it absurd that it complains of space, when there are 3.5 GB free, even if that's only 3%? - -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFHA3PitTMYHG2NR9URAiM8AKCSDyYHK8Tv4r20vj+bjaYDhJojvgCfU8j9 MTjJtWyLWpUPy7iBSQsob28= =aDZy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On Wednesday, 3. October 2007, Carlos E. R. wrote:
Hi,
Yast online update insists that my disk space is low:
name � Disk usage � used � Free � total /grande 97% 161 GB 3.5 GB 164 GB
(in red)
Now, isn't it absurd that it complains of space, when there are 3.5 GB free, even if that's only 3%?
AFAIK it's not, as I was always told you should better not fill a partition too much over 50% to prevent fragmentation. Of course big disks may have changed that, but I still would not like to work with a 97% full partition (unless it's really only storage). Thierry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Wednesday 2007-10-03 at 12:56 +0200, Thierry de Coulon wrote:
Now, isn't it absurd that it complains of space, when there are 3.5 GB free, even if that's only 3%?
AFAIK it's not, as I was always told you should better not fill a partition too much over 50% to prevent fragmentation. Of course big disks may have changed that, but I still would not like to work with a 97% full partition (unless it's really only storage).
It is only storage of large files, like distro iso images. No way YOU would write there. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFHA3oBtTMYHG2NR9URAsntAKCER9qFily3kiqk75VcxanQYjqX4wCfWZlx jvTLFC3PihgUruTuTfGHu6s= =HVAg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wednesday 03 October 2007 6:50 am, Carlos E. R. wrote:
name · Disk usage · used · Free · total /grande 97% 161 GB 3.5 GB 164 GB
Hello Carlos! Time to buy a bigger hard-disk ah? :p Jorge -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Wednesday 2007-10-03 at 07:57 -0400, Jorge Fábregas wrote:
On Wednesday 03 October 2007 6:50 am, Carlos E. R. wrote:
name · Disk usage · used · Free · total /grande 97% 161 GB 3.5 GB 164 GB
Hello Carlos!
Time to buy a bigger hard-disk ah? :p
X-) That's partition number 20, by the way - hda20 ;-) - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFHA7MXtTMYHG2NR9URArzmAJ4r5QNNolk+Uy4xZghbe6W4LwG+pwCgklV4 cmC7yIbxS3PPOq7Pr+N5SE4= =pDvf -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Carlos E. R. wrote:
The Wednesday 2007-10-03 at 07:57 -0400, Jorge Fábregas wrote:
On Wednesday 03 October 2007 6:50 am, Carlos E. R. wrote:
name · Disk usage · used · Free · total /grande 97% 161 GB 3.5 GB 164 GB
Hello Carlos!
Time to buy a bigger hard-disk ah? :p
X-)
That's partition number 20, by the way - hda20 ;-)
-- Cheers, Carlos E. R.
Just out of curiosity: What are you using the other "roundabout 19" partitions for? regards Eberhard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Wednesday 2007-10-03 at 18:18 +0200, Eberhard Roloff wrote:
That's partition number 20, by the way - hda20 ;-)
Just out of curiosity: What are you using the other "roundabout 19" partitions for?
Huh, now, I have to think. I don't remember. O:-) windows (system) extended swap 3 boot partitions (for booting different setups) 1 test partition (currently holding a spare/rescue/test 10.2) 1 /usr/local 1 home1 (xfs) 1 home2 (reiserfs) (mirroring backup) 1 windows (data) 1 small windows part (fat16, 2G), historical reasons. Usually holds plain msdos, but now I don't remember. 1 encrypted partition 1 software raid, for experiments. 1 for possible bigger future software raid 1 reserved for testing; currently holds vmware images. 1 with rest for big files. Now, notice that primaries 3 and 4 are not used, so I don't actually have 20 partitions, but they increase the number. As previously the limit was 63, there was no reason not to partition at will. This fractionating has sometimes saved my "life" more than once: a partition was utterly destroyed, almost all data lost. If I had everything in a huge partition, the loss would have been terrible. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFHBB6dtTMYHG2NR9URAlQuAJ95cnuG06lk1JmX37P+kmmtF/9VUgCfUs0h HZ4ruUcwVv0EIZXh/nQkpCA= =0X8w -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wed, 2007-10-03 at 12:50 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
Yast online update insists that my disk space is low:
name · Disk usage · used · Free · total /grande 97% 161 GB 3.5 GB 164 GB
(in red)
Now, isn't it absurd that it complains of space, when there are 3.5 GB free, even if that's only 3%?
I guess it's complaining because the free space is less than 5%. That's the system default AFAIK but I believe you can tune it. So if you want a different limit but haven't set it, it's not the system that's absurd :) Cheers, Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Wednesday 2007-10-03 at 13:36 +0100, Dave Howorth wrote:
Now, isn't it absurd that it complains of space, when there are 3.5 GB free, even if that's only 3%?
I guess it's complaining because the free space is less than 5%. That's the system default AFAIK but I believe you can tune it. So if you want a different limit but haven't set it, it's not the system that's absurd :)
I don't think it is a system default, but a YOU warning default. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFHA7NstTMYHG2NR9URAnYiAJ9nuns9lqn83l0BxnkHb5513kMXDQCeIrG2 t25shto2MNHRXaxOkFaL3kU= =U20L -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wed, 2007-10-03 at 17:21 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
I don't think it is a system default, but a YOU warning default.
It's certainly a feature of ext2 and ext3 filesystems (and previously in Unix). I don't know about other filesystems. Cheers, Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Wednesday 2007-10-03 at 18:18 +0100, Dave Howorth wrote:
On Wed, 2007-10-03 at 17:21 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
I don't think it is a system default, but a YOU warning default.
It's certainly a feature of ext2 and ext3 filesystems (and previously in Unix). I don't know about other filesystems.
This one is XFS. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFHBB7QtTMYHG2NR9URAiZmAJ94nG3OwRNzyquYrhqgqwWXHDamigCfZw7y pinvUdcyiSjiWHuST/P7U00= =EvEf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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Carlos E. R. -
Dave Howorth -
Eberhard Roloff -
Jorge Fábregas -
Thierry de Coulon