Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 29 May 1996 15:35:31 -0600 (MDT) | From | "Info acct." <> | Subject | Re: strange df output? |
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Sorry for the confusion. I was not aware of the reserved space used in an ext2 file system, and had simply never noticed that in a df command before.
Thanks for clearing that up. dave
On Wed, 29 May 1996, Aaron Ucko wrote:
> >Here's the output I get from a df command on our pentium 100 with an > >NCR53C8xx card and a 4GB Seagate Hawk. > > > > > >Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on > >/dev/sda1 997580 942748 3297 100% / > >/dev/sda2 993614 205329 736954 22% /var > >/dev/sda3 1982113 994793 884864 53% /home > > What's so strange about it? If your problem is that the numbers don't add > up, that's because ext2fs normally reserves 5% of the fs; that portion > is listed under neither "used" nor "available." > > -- Aaron Ucko (ucko@vax1.rockhurst.edu; finger for PGP public key) | httyp! > "That's right," he said. "We're philosophers. We think, therefore we am." > -- Terry Pratchett, _Small Gods_ | Geek Code 3.1 [for explanation, finger > hayden@mankato.msus.edu]: GCS/M/S/C d- s: a18 C++(+++)>++++ UL++>++++ P++ > L++>+++++ E- W(-) N++(+) o+ K- w--- O M@ V-(--) PS++(+++) PE- Y(+) PGP(+) t(+) > !5 X-- R(-) tv-@ b++(+++) DI+ !D-- G++(+++) e->+++++(*) h!>+ r-(--)>+++ y? >
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