> Why do you reserve blocks? At the o/s filesystem level, so that errant processes which think they have gobbled up all your disk space and then crash are told a fib. This is done so you can still log in as root via a terminal after the crash
At the hardware level, i.e. inside the disk controller's electronics, so that crook sectors can be remapped to good ones automatically. On 10/15/07, Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Blocks are reserved to replace ones that go bad. They are also available as > an overflow for any process with root privileges. > > > On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:26:57 +1300 > Don Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Can any one provide a link to a good explination of this reserved blocks > > issue? > > > > Why do you reserve blocks? > > > > Cheers Don > > > > Nick Rout wrote: > > > I know how to set the percentage of reseved blocks on an ext3 oartition > > > with tune2fs -m, but how do I find out what the current number of > reserved > > > bocks is? > > > > > > And is it safe to do tune2fs -m on a disk that is mounted? > > > > > > > > > -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell
