Re: strange df output?

Info acct. (kernel@henge1.henge.com)
Wed, 29 May 1996 15:35:31 -0600 (MDT)


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."
>
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