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On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 02:11:41PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > I've never failed to fix that by deleting a file as the user that |
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> > created it, usually the partial file that caused the problem, but I |
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> > can see why you may want to keep a small amount reserved for that. |
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> > However, I still don't get the "-m 0 increases fragmentation" thing. |
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> Yeah, that sounds like an old wives tale urban myth to me too |
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> I'll be wanting to be seeing the output of real diagnostic programs |
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All that does, as far as I understand it, is to fool $user into having less |
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space available. So if the partition only has as much space left as is |
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reserved for root, he just can't write anymore. |
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It just means that before the drive gets physically full (which means that |
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files will fragment more), it will get logically full earlier. This is why |
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there can be expected less fragmentation under extreme circumstances (i.e. an |
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almost full FS). |
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