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Another inode question. when using the pc, will the inodes slowly increase until I have filled it
again?
I am concerned that after xx months of use, I decide to install another application, and i run
into the same problem again.
If I delete an application, will the inodes connected with that app. disappear, and will it be
available for the next app?

So many questions and hopefully so many answers.
Please cc: me if replying.
Thanks in advance for all help.

kolsen
a fresh, and interested new FreeBSD user

Just create another partition or slice, newfs it, use dump/restore to copy
all the information (or for /usr, tar with the "p" option will suffice),
change fstab, and reboot..

#
# I have FreeBSD 4.5, a recent install. When trying to install Pine, and a couple
# of small apps, I
# ran into inode trouble.
# I am full of inodes in /usr and have searched everywhere for information about i
# t.
# The best so far is http://www.freebsddiary.org/inodes.php
# However, I do not know if it is possible to change inode on /usr without corrupt
# ing what's there
# already?

No, the number of inodes for a file system is fixed and determined at
file system creation time, i.e. when you or sysinstall does a newfs
command.

# Furthermore, if it isn't possible, how do I change the inode during sysinstall?
# I don't think I have seen it anywhere.

Yes there is a way. When sysinstall pops you in the disklabel editor,
it allows you to change the file system options by pressing N.
You can add '-i 4096' to the other options. From newfs(8):

     -i number of bytes per inode
             Specify the density of inodes in the file system.  The default is
             to create an inode for every (4 * frag-size) bytes of data space.
             If fewer inodes are desired, a larger number should be used; to
             create more inodes a smaller number should be given.  One inode
             is required for each distinct file, so this value effectively
             specifies the average file size on the file system.

I suspect you have /usr/ports on your /usr partition. If so this is the
main reason for you running out of inodes and you can gain a lot of
inodes by removing unneeded parts like
/usr/ports/{chinese,vietnamese,french,german,russian,japanese,...}

Regards,

        Jens
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