* "kmself" == kmself <kmself@ix.netcom.com> wrote: kmself> The ext2fs default is to reserve some number of blocks -- 10% kmself> of total, IIRC -- for root access only. This reserved value kmself> is *not* reported by df and other tools as available, it's kmself> reserved off the top. You can modify the value with, IIRC, kmself> tunefs.
Yes, 5% that is. I have not mention the glory details for simplicity reasons :-) kmself> If your FS reports 95% free, then 5% of the user-allocated kmself> space remains available. Yes. I was wrong with this. Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda7 925064 696375 180898 80% /home When the remainig 180898 == 20% are consumed, the output will be Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda7 925064 877273 0 100% /home The remaining 47791 block are only available for root. Ciao, Martin