Messages in this thread |  | | From | Paal Chr Birkeland <> | Subject | Re: Determining maximum partition size on a hard disk | Date | Fri, 24 Aug 2001 10:47:28 +0200 |
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> > First I found that the maximum size of the drive Linux reports is not > the maximum size I get when I calculate it from the drives geometry. > Secondly, the total drive space reported by linux is not the amount > available for the maximum partition. >
tune2fs -m 2 /dev/hd-whatever-hdd
For some reason linux still "eats" 5% of the hdd. This for still beeing able to run smooth if hdd is maxed out, or something like that.
root@vixen:~# tune2fs -m 2 /dev/hdb1 tune2fs 1.19, 13-Jul-2000 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09 Setting reserved blocks percentage to 2 (256034 blocks)
Default is 5% (slackware)
This, I think, is from way back when hdds where alot smaler and then ppl forgot all about it (?). 5% of an 80 gig hdd gotta be a lot of wasted space and in no way required. I always set it lower (2% as above) and gain more useable space. Probably 1% would be enough but who's counting :o)
I dont know if the tune2fs is a slackware feature only, but i doubt it. Then again I havent really "tried" any other distro.
Inputs ?
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