Re: [TCLUG:20759] lots hard drive space

[Jon Schewe <jpschewe@eggplant.mtu.net>]

Default setup for mke2fs, used to make ext2 filesystems, is for 5% of the
space to be saved for the super user.  This means that the last 5% can only be
written to by root.  This is helpful for keeping a full root filesystem from
crashing the computer.  When I format my other partitions I usually do this:
mk2efs -m 0 -c /dev/sda2
-c for check for bad blocks
-m 0 save 0% for super user

Ben Luey <lueyb@gridley.ACNS.Carleton.edu> writes:

> where did my hard drive space go? When I do a df I get
> 
> Filesystem	      Size  Used Avai Use%   Mounted on
> /dev/hdc1             498M  481M     0 100% /usr
> 
> I don't have any space on /usr to use -- I get out of spacer error, but
> I'm only using 481meg or my 498m -- can I get that 17meg somehow?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ben
> 
> 
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