[ale] df -h

[Michael D. Hirsch]

On Friday 11 October 2002 01:54 pm, Jordi S. Bunster wrote:
> GNU df with the -h switch reports the following on Linux 2.4.19 using
> the ext3 fs:
>
> Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> /dev/hda3             9.1G  2.6G  6.0G  30% /
>
> I know this must be very simple. I just don't know what it is. 6 +
> 2.6 == 8.6. Is 0.5G being used for the journal?
>
> Or I have a ton of small files (I don't know how could that be)
> taking up my inodes?

I think this is the fact that every filesystem sets aside some amount of 
free space that you aren't allowed to touch--typically about 5%.  If I 
do my math right that accounts for your missing .5 G.

Michael

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