Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!psuvax1!burdvax!sdcrdcf!csun!polyslo!steve From: steve@polyslo.UUCP (Steve DeJarnett) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Compressing unix disks Message-ID: <1527@polyslo.UUCP> Date: 12 Mar 88 19:55:22 GMT References: <1071@ndmath.UUCP> <305@marconi.SW.MCC.COM> <1097@hubcap.UUCP> <4336@pwcs.StPaul.GOV> Reply-To: steve@polyslo.UUCP (Steve DeJarnett) Organization: Cal Poly State University -- San Luis Obispo Lines: 22 In article <4336@pwcs.StPaul.GOV> daveg@pwcs.StPaul.GOV (Dave Glowacki) writes: >In article <1097@hubcap.UUCP> hubcap@hubcap.UUCP (Mike Marshall) writes: [discussion deleted] >Could someone PLEASE tell me I'm right, so we can get back all that wasted >space? (9% of 3 Fuji Eagles) Yes, you're right. The system does keep 10% extra in reserve. We weren't sure this was true until we filled up our user file system, but sure enough, 'df' showed /usr as being 110% of capacity -- 0 free blocks. I don't know how you can go about changing how 'df' works, short of recoding it, but the extra 10% is definitely usable (although when you get to that point, you'd probably better start shoving stuff on tape and deleting fast -- the last 10% of an Eagle goes pretty fast). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Steve DeJarnett | ...!ihnp4!csun!polyslo!steve | | Computer Systems Lab | ...!{csustan,csun,sdsu}!polyslo!steve | | Cal Poly State Univ. | ...!ucbvax!voder!polyslo!steve | | San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #include