FW: Informix only sees 73MB on a drive with 4.03GB free when tryi

> Are you using IECC on NT to create space? If yes, there is a known bug. > IECC on NT - create space does not see free space on an NT volume that is > larger than 2GB. > This was reported to me as bug #96468 and is still on 7.30.TC1. > Use onspaces command to create spaces & chunks. > Gary > > ---------- > From: Jarrod Roberson[SMTP:seesig@home.com] > Reply To: Jarrod Roberson > Sent: Friday, January 22, 1999 11:49 PM > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Re: Informix only sees 73MB on a drive with 4.03GB free when > trying to create a new dbspace?? > > But I tried creating smaller dbspaces and I still can only total up to > 73MB > another disk that is only 2GB is showing 883MB free. Which is correct, and > it has the OS, > so i KNOW it is fragmented badly. > > Does this imply that dbspaces MUST be contiguous when they are created? > > > Michael Wieland wrote in message <36A73778.9577B016@Cycosmos.de>... > > > > > >It seem you have only 73 MB DiskSpace in one physikal chunk. > >Try to derfrag the diskspace on the disk drive. > > > >MW > > > > >

Yes Gary I was trying to use the IECC. This must be the problem. I uninstalled everything, I will use the onspaces command when I get around to reinstalling everything. Eide, Gary wrote in message <78ler1$ekg$1@news.xmission.com>... > >> Are you using IECC on NT to create space? If yes, there is a known bug. >> IECC on NT - create space does not see free space on an NT volume that is >> larger than 2GB. >> This was reported to me as bug #96468 and is still on 7.30.TC1. >> Use onspaces command to create spaces & chunks. >> Gary >> >> ---------- >> From: Jarrod Roberson[SMTP:seesig@home.com] >> Reply To: Jarrod Roberson >> Sent: Friday, January 22, 1999 11:49 PM >> To: informix-list@iiug.org >> Subject: Re: Informix only sees 73MB on a drive with 4.03GB free when >> trying to create a new dbspace?? >> >> But I tried creating smaller dbspaces and I still can only total up to >> 73MB >> another disk that is only 2GB is showing 883MB free. Which is correct, and >> it has the OS, >> so i KNOW it is fragmented badly. >> >> Does this imply that dbspaces MUST be contiguous when they are created? >> >> >> Michael Wieland wrote in message <36A73778.9577B016@Cycosmos.de>... >> > >> > >> >It seem you have only 73 MB DiskSpace in one physikal chunk. >> >Try to derfrag the diskspace on the disk drive. >> > >> >MW >> > >> >> >>