Re: inode problem

[<jcmeynard@...]

> Hi guys:
> I have a file system that ran out of inodes. I got rid of some files
> (which i think is the quickest way to clear up some inodes). do you
> guys know of any other command (or way ) of clearing inodes?

Removing files or links is the only way.

To have more inode in a file system, you need to change the nbpi parameter
when
you create the file system. (-i option of newfs)
So if you are going to have a file system with a lot of small files you can
reduce the
value of this parameter (8192 for partition size > 3Gb) at the cost of a
bigger fs size
overhead

So if you really need a lot of file, the way is to backup evrething, then
rebuild the
file system with the new nbpi parameter and restore the whole stuff

>
> George Monappallil
> Unix Sys. Admin.
> Newsedge Corp.
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