Ian wrote: > No, you've by default got 5% of space reserved for root (so > you don't fill your disks up and paint yourself into a corner). > > You can modify this with tune2fs. There's also an option > when you're formatting.
Many thanks Ian, spot on. umount /dev/sda1 tune2fs -m 0 /dev/sda1 mount /dev/sda1 df Yiz wrote: > So my guess would be 1) there was still a small amount of > memory left so you were able to copy small sized files onto. > 2) you overwrote something and the system did not give any warning. I copied a large volume of files into a new directory. I'm not so sure that use% is an estimate, more of a determinate calculation that factors in more than just the other numbers that df gives, in order to appear superior to the hapless user. I for one welcome our new number-crunching disk-space-up-our-sleeves overlords. :) On the other hand, adding the reserved amount to the df output sounds like a sensible improvement to consider. Toes Go In First, - Rog -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
