On Wednesday, 3. October 2007, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Yast online update insists that my disk space is low:
>
> name    � Disk usage � used �      Free  �  total
> /grande       97%      161 GB     3.5 GB    164 GB
>
> (in red)
>
> Now, isn't it absurd that it complains of space, when there are 3.5 GB
> free, even if that's only 3%?

AFAIK it's not, as I was always told you should better not fill a partition 
too much over 50% to prevent fragmentation. Of course big disks may have 
changed that, but I still would not like to work with a 97% full partition 
(unless it's really only storage).

Thierry

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