On March 5, 2016 8:24:23 PM GMT+01:00, Nick Holland <n...@holland-consulting.net> wrote: >On 03/05/16 11:49, Nick wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I used the default partition layout when I set up this system (5.8 - >> CD release) a few weeks ago.. >> >> Just realised after a 'du -h' that the root partition is at 105%.. >> Now, I know that OpenBSD has a safeguard in place of 5% of partition >> capacity for scenarios like these and I of course have hit thatmax >> extra 5%.. question is, what happens if I were to not try to expand >> the partition - what problems might I start facing? i.e. Could I >> afford to be lazy until 5.9 is sent out. > >1) note that you are at 105%, not 104%...so most likely, you have >already run out of space and lost some data somewhere.
Well, it's not 5% extra but 5% less, and 1/0.95 = 1.0526... So, depending on how the calculation is done, he could be crazy lucky so far. ;-) That said, waiting for disaster when you could have fixed it beforehands, you'll get what you deserve. Also, unless your disk is really small, you really shouldn't have anything filling up your root partition... /Alexander > >2) if you have anything resembling a healthy partitioning scheme, you >shouldn't be at this point. So either your partitioning is really bad >or you have some other error taking place (i.e., lost data "under" a >mount, storing data in /etc, /dev, /root or some other root partition >directory). > >3) The only way this gets easier with time is getting hit by a bus so >you don't have to deal with it. > >Thus... I'd suggest fixing it now. Depending on the error, it might be >an easy fix. > >"du" is your friend. > >Nick.
