Re: Numbers from 'df' don't match

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

Linux reserves the last 5% of available space on the / (root)
filesystem for the system, so that a user can use space until it
becomes 95% full.  Helps keep a mere mortal from taking down the
system by filling up the root filesystem.

On Mon, Jun 26, 2000 at 01:40:04PM -0500, Jamin Collins wrote:
> I first noticed this problem with my Sony VAIO laptop that I have running RH
> 6.2.  
> 
> Output of df from Sony
> Filesystem           1k-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev/hda4              9258240   4828428   3959512  55% /
> /dev/hda5                15493      4234     10459  29% /boot
> /dev/hda1              2220612   1794576    426036  81% /mnt/dos
> 
> As shown here the numbers just don't match.  For instance if you look at
> /dev/hda4 there should be 9258240 blocks total.  However if you add the Used
> and Available it only comes to 8787940 that's a difference of 470300.  I've
> checked several different Linux boxes, they all appear to have the same
> discrepancy, although to a varying degree.  The only partitions that don't
> appear to have this problem are FAT as shown by /dev/hda1.  Can anyone out
> there shed some light on this?
> 
> Jamin W. Collins

Cheers,
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