On Thu, May 10, 2007 3:20 pm, Roger Searle wrote: > Steve Holdoway wrote: >> I'd use ext3 formatting and tune the superuser only blocks ( tune2fs -m >> 1 /dev/sda1 ) to 1% from the default 10. >> >> > Could you explain this a little or point me towards some url or a man > page? I have no idea what this is about ! > Roger > >
ext3 reserves a percentage of the disk for the root user. This should stop the disk becoming over full, and a llow some overhead for root to do things in an emergency. The default is 10% which on a 100G drive is a big chunk that is effectively "lost" to the real users. man tune2fs -- Nick Rout
