How to calculate the space used by the metadata in an ext2/ext3 file system ?
Issue
- Use 'df' command show an ext2/ext3 file system size, it is always less than the partition size, how to calculate the file system size?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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