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Re: [TCLUG:20759] lots hard drive space
Well, I was trying to install a program as root at the time, so even root
can't access this space -- (or rpm fails thinking it can't even though it
can?).
Is there a way to change this without formating and lossing all my data?
Thanks,
Ben
> 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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