17 Mar
2007
17 Mar
'07
9:12 p.m.
On Sat, 2007-03-17 at 16:35 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
On Sat, Mar 17, 2007 at 04:03:37PM -0400, William L. Maltby wrote:
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Keep in mind that default FS creation reserves 5% (?) for root. On GB- sized drives, very wasteful. I always reduces to 1% or so.
As I understand it, having an ext3 filesystem more full than that isn't a good idea -- you risk ending up with serious fragmentation. Think of it this way: on gigabyte-sized devices, you should easily be able to spare 5% in exchange for more efficient operation.
You are probably right. I've not invested enough time/energy to maintain the level of currency I used to maintain.
In my particular situation(s), fragmentation is no issue. But it may be important in the OP's.
-- Bill