Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 21:57:37 +0100 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: jgrosch@sirius.com Subject: Re: ffs on ZIP drive (fwd) Message-ID: <Mutt.19970121215737.j@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <Mutt.19970121195443.roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>; from Ollivier Robert on Jan 21, 1997 19:54:43 %2B0100 References: <199701210901.BAA08351@superior.truenorth.org> <Mutt.19970121195443.roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>
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As Ollivier Robert wrote: > 8% of the file system size is reserved for root usage and while > "1024-blocks" includes these 8%, "Avail" doesn't. Well, ``reserved for root non-usage'' would be a more correct term. If you reduce this, performance will drastically drop if the filesystem fills up. The space reserve allows for an automatic layout optimization. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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