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

[Jonathan Briggs]

It's my understanding of ReiserFS that it makes up inodes when it needs
them.  So it doesn't really "use" them, but if you ask it for the inode
of a file, it is happy to make one up for you.

On Wed, 2002-06-12 at 11:39, Ferdinand Schmid wrote:
> 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.
> 
> Detailed info can be found at: http://www.namesys.com
> 
> Ferdinand
> 
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> Ferdinand Schmid
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