[lug] mke2fs

D. Stimits stimits at attbi.com
Thu Nov 21 21:01:24 MST 2002


Hugh Brown wrote:

> I have an 80 gig disk and cringe a little that 3gig is being reserved
> for use by the super user.
>
> Is there a problem if instead of 5% I set it to 2%?
>
> What's the downside, if any, of doing this?
>
> Hugh
>
>
I don't personally know of a downside for that...doesn't mean there 
isn't one...but on a drive that large I suspect 2% is enough.

D. Stimits, stimits AT attbi.com




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