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Re: [TCLUG:20759] lots hard drive space
Jon Schewe wrote:
>
> 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
Well, most of the files on a normal /usr partition are owned by root
anyway...
Unless there's some special way that you actually access that space..
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