On Sat, Oct 16, 1999 at 03:57:39PM -0600, Dwayne C . Litzenberger wrote: > Okay, I'm back and running, and I figured out my problem. ext2 filesystems > have reserved blocks, though I don't know what they're for. It seems only > root can access them, although I haven't really checked this. tune2fs can > lower the number of reserved blocks, but here's my question: > Why, on a 6.4 GB hard drive, were there 300MB or reserved blocks?
because mke2fs reserves an amount of 5% by default of the partition beeing formatted for the superuser > What are they for, and do I really need them? The answer is in the (first) question :) JY -- Jean-Yves F. Barbier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> FORTH IF HONK THEN