[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Weird.



Alex Shnitman writes:
 > Hi
 > 
 > Look at this:
 > 
 > /home/alexsh-345-> df
 > Filesystem         1024-blocks  Used Available Capacity Mounted on
 > /dev/hdb2             782378  417267   324691     56%   /
 > /dev/hda2             832368  476688   355680     57%   /dos
 > 
 > Note the /dev/hdb2 line. Used space plus available space gives us 741958
 > blocks. The filesystem size, however, is 782378 blocks. Where are the
 > missing 40420 blocks? Maybe it sheds some light on the missing space
 > problem I wrote about a week ago. Is there anything like "lost clusters"
 > on ext2? Where could these 40MB disappear?

Reserved for root.  See the mke2fs nad tune2fs man pages.

-- 
Harvey J. Stein
Berger Financial Research
abel@netvision.net.il


References: