Subject: Re: "Interesting" df output
To: MICHAEL LARKIN <tinomen@usa.net>
From: Armen Babikyan <armenb@moof.ai.mit.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 09/03/1998 15:11:51
>Both /usr and /var are full. ffs filesystems need to have a certain amount
>of free space to operate correctly, so the "100%" capacity size is less
>than the size of the drive in blocks.
>
>As root, you can fill the disk above the "100%" capacity. Other users,
>though, can't.

>From personal experience, I've seen that the diskspace goes up to 110%. I
guess the extra 10% is for emergency things like continuation of logfiles,
and perhaps some cleaning room as well.

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