This is probably because a certain percentage of the filesystem is reserved for root. This means that when the filesystem appears "full" to a regular user, root can still write to the disk. When this happens the disk shows being over 100% capacity.
The reason for this is, if the root filesystem is full this can prevent users from logging in. Reserving a portion of the filesystem for root allows the superuser to log in to correct the problem. So, no, nothing is wrong. l8r, Nate On Sun, 8 Mar 1998, iquest wrote: > Hi, > > I just realize that the output from df command does not add up. The > used > and available columnes do not add up to be the 1024-block columne! Is > it > something wrong? > > > /dev/sdc1 1414447 693828 647525 52% /debian/hamm > > > -- > Timothy C. Phan > Intelligence Quest Research, INC. > > > > > -- > E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > --- Nathan C. Burnett "Who'd wanna be grown up if you could [EMAIL PROTECTED] stay little forever?" http://www.cps.msu.edu/~burnet26 -Tommy Pickles, Rugrats ( ( (((In Stereo Where Available))) ) ) -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
