Why does the output of df show 5% less free space than is physically present on a freshly formatted filesystem?
Issue
- Why does the output of
df
show 5% less free space than is physically present on a freshly formatted filesystem? - How do I change the amount of reserved space on a filesystem?
df
command is showing filesystem 99% full.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
- EXT2, EXT3, EXT4 file systems
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