On January 5, 2006 05:02 am, JEMF wrote: > Hello all! > > I have a 512 MB Kingston flash disk. When I try to create a partition > with 460 MB (471.040 KB), the partition is created with 460.6 MB > (471.665 KB). > > ------------------------------------------------ > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sdb1 1 951 471665 83 Linux > ------------------------------------------------ > > Why? Geometry? Probably, Disks can't always give an exact size, so that would be my bet. > > 2nd Question: > > When I format the partition with ext3, the df -k command returns: > > ------------------------------------------------ > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/sdb1 456730 8239 424908 2% /mnt > ------------------------------------------------ > > I think 8239 KB (8.05 MB) was used by journal. But the amount of blocks > decreased after formatted (471665 to 456730). Why? Well, the number of blocks was probably taken by ext3 stuff, but I am not sure. As well, by default ext3 sets aside 5% (i think) to the root user, but the can be changed with tune2fs. > > I use Sarge. > > Thanks. Np.
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