Artur Grabowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Sigfred Heversen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> > > /dev/wd0a                     787M    778M  -30.6M   104%    /
> > > WTF is going on here? -30.6M sounds kinda weird.
> > >
> > 
> > http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq14.html#NegSpace
> 
> Erm. I'm pretty sure the FAQ is wrong in this question.
> 
> The negative space is not because of the reserve, just try to mount
> something (for example an mfs) and fill it as root and as a normal user.
> Both will be able to fill it to 100%+.
> 
> I'm pretty sure that the negative space is because of delayed writes that
> don't allocate disk blocks until they are written out. They are accounted
> for, but haven't allocated space yet.

I take it back. The FAQ is right. The delayed writes are not accounted
for at all.

//art

Reply via email to