Missing space on flash drive

[Tim]

.:: [F]usion[S]tream ::. -- online wrote:
> The total size is mostly correct with regards to Sandisk's 16GB
> actually being 16billion byes. What is a new filesystem displaying
> false used space readings? What is happening?

When creating a file system, some bytes are reserved for overhead.  How
many bytes depends on different things:  The default reserved for that
file system, or you picking a different amount.  If you use different
tools to deal with the file system, they might use different defaults.

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2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686

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