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SubjectRe: space left on ext3 (2.6.6-bk3)
On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 12:23:25AM +0200, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
> On a ext3 fs:
>
> fast:/mnt/tmp# df
> Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev/sda3 958488 521864 387936 58% /mnt
>
> fast:/mnt/tmp# cat /dev/zero > zr
> cat: write error: No space left on device
>
> fast:/mnt/tmp# ls -l
> total 436624
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 446660608 Jun 18 00:23 zr
[...]
> Is this an expected behaviour?.. Yeah, it is nice to have more space than
> you think you have, but...

436192 blocks

958488-521864 = 436624 blocks

I think you have 5% reserved for root, as this is the default setting
when creating ext3 fs'.

LLAP, Martin
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