Thanks for the info, Thats a good point... I did think of it, but it wasn't like, "oh, i could end up losing all my data"... Which could quite possibly happen
Changing the reserved space, from what i can gather, is used if it runs out of space on the / drive.. It's not going to cause any problems is it? http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=1254271&postcount=4 "The reserved blocks are there for root's use. The reason being that the system gets really narky if you completely run out of room on / (specifically /var, or /tmp, I think). Programs won't start, wierd errors will pop up, that sort of thing." Which makes sense. So leaving some is a good idea, but presumably 5GB is still loads (the main drive im using currently is 4GB!), so could i reduce this down further happily? Thanks Sam -----Original Message----- From: James Bromberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25 January 2008 22:35 To: Sam Reed Cc: debian-arm@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Filesystems for Debian NSLU2 Sam Reed wrote: > > I've got a 500GB drive attached to my Debian NSLU2, and noticed there > was 25GB of space missing > > A bit of research found it was reserved space - 5% (of 500 = 25) > > And was able to change this using "tune2fs -m 1 /dev/sdb1" > > Someone suggested using XFS/ReiserFS over ext3.. Some more research > found Martin saying don't use XFS on ARM > (http://www.nabble.com/Problem-with-XFS-on-NSLU2--td14171563.html). > Someone else in the same thread suggested JFS would be ok.. > > Is there going to much gained from changing to JFS/ReiserFS....? > I recently played with both XFS and JFS on LVM, and had both filesystems die on me (Debian stable, kernel2.6.18). ext3 is pretty reliable. There is much to be lost; all your data. Caveat emptor. JEB -- James Bromberger | www.james.rcpt.to | james_AT_rcpt.to UK Cell: +44 7952042920 | Perth/Au phone in London/UK: +61 8 6424 8325 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
