charlie derr wrote: > On one of the machines that I oversee there is an issue with the df > output that I don't understand. > > here's a part of the output from df -h > > /dev/sda1 440G 420G 0 100% /backup > > if i don't use the -h it looks like this: > > /dev/sda1 461293804 440335112 0 100% /backup > > It appears that there really are 20Gigs free, but that column shows 0 > -- can i reliably ignore that column and use subtraction with the > previous two to compute the true free space? I'm going on very hazy memory here, but it might give you enough info for googling. If I recall correctly, the system wants at least 10% free for "system overhead"; as 20Gig is only about 5% of your 440Gig partition, that's why it's showing as 100% used.
Why rebooting would change this number is beyond me. -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
