[lug] Can't write but 56% free?

[Ferdinand Schmid]

John Karns wrote:
<snip> 
> Interesting, Reiserfs doesn't seem to use inodes:
> 
> jkarns at jkInsp8000:~ > df -i
> Filesystem            Inodes   IUsed      IFree IUse% Mounted on
> /dev/hda5         4294967295       0 4294967295    0%          /
> 
<snip>
Actually it does use inodes.  df must not be reporting their inode use properly.  Reiser 
does however use inodes differently than other FSs.  They consolidate small files, 
resulting in more space (and inode) efficient storage of such files.

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