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 at 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 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org -- Jon Schewe | http://eggplant.mtu.net/~jpschewe For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 8:38-39 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org