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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
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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.

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