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
dfshow 5% less free space than is physically present on a freshly formatted filesystem? - How to change the amount of reserved space on a filesystem?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4
- Using
ext2orext3orext4filesystem
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