In the last episode (Feb 04), per...@pluto.rain.com said: > > 1755708928*1024/512 = 3511417856 blocks. This number is larger than > > 2^31, which techinically isn't a problem because the NFSv2 spec says > > that the filesystem size is unsigned. FreeBSD treats it as signed, > > though, so it can display "negative" free space when root starts using > > its 8% reserve, so your unsigned 3511417856 gets printed as a signed > > -783549440, which messes everything up. > ... > > you could rebuild "df" to print its numbers as unsigned instead of > > signed. Just watch out if your local filesystems start eating into > > their 8% reserve, since they'll start reporting huge values. > > Or patch "df" to print local filesystem sizes as signed -- so that the > reserve reporting still works -- and NFS as unsigned to match the spec.
That works as long as you don't NFS-mount other FreeBSD systems with overfull drives :) -- Dan Nelson dnel...@allantgroup.com _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"