On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:57:54 -0500 "Aaron Griffin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 8:12 PM, Jud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Now that the Installer is of interest again, I wanted to ask if > > this idea could make a better sane default for the Installer's > > /etc/mke2fs.conf - Meaning when you create and format ext2/3/4 > > (any others?) partitions. > > > > -m [reserved-blocks-percentage] > > "Specify the percentage of the filesystem blocks reserved for the > > super-user. This avoids fragmentation, and allows root-owned > > daemons, such as syslogd(8), to continue to function correctly after > > non-privileged processes are prevented from writing to the > > filesystem. The default percentage is 5%." > > > > Now it seems this reserved space is unavailable to users and now > > that Hard Drives are massive, this 5% is alot of space. > > > > Would the option -m1 or even -m0 be a better sane default? > > > > or maybe even user defined? > > Please put this in the bug tracker Done. FS#11760 - mke2fs.conf Reserved Blocks Percentage http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/11760
