On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 14:06:08 -0500
"Tibbetts, Ric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> What type of filesystem are you using.

XFS all the way around. I deleted three ISO images, freeing up more than
1.5GB, but df was a little slow on the uptake.

Miark



> Filesystems like Reiserfs tend to allocate a bunch of inodes when 
> they're first used, and then not release them when the files are 
> deleted. Sometimes, that will cause what you're seeing.
> 
> When it needs disk space again, it will just use the already allocated 
> inodes first.
> 
> That's a very simplistic reply. But it "could" be what you're seeing.

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