John Aldrich wrote:
>
> On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, you wrote:
> > I'll ask a stupid question... what are you using to see the drive space
> > that Linux found?
> >
> Just remember...the only stupid question is one that isn't asked. :-)
> To answer the question -- FDISK (Linux FDISK, that is!)
What does 'df' give you? I'd assume it probably follows fdisk's lead...
:(
> > The reason I ask is that if you're using 'df', the size
> >difference (I think we're down to around 600M now?) _could_ be
> > explained by the 5% of > drive space that the ext2 filesystem
> > maintains for itself/root.
> >
> Hmm...Ok, but you know it's NOT the primary drive in the system, that
> is to say that I'm booting off an IDE drive....if that makes any
> difference.
Doesn't make a bit of difference. You'll lose that 5% on each and every
ext2 filesystem you have. It's a "safety net" to allow root to fix the
system should things go horribly wrong, filling the filesystem. The
other use is that the ext2 designers found that 5% was a good margin to
use to preserve a low fragmentation in the filesystem -- thus why you
rarely see defraggers for Linux, they're just not that useful here.
--
Steve Philp
Network Administrator
Advance Packaging Corporation
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