On Jo, 15 dec 11, 23:51:50, Klaus Jantzen wrote: > Hi, > > for (each?) partition I define there is an entry for "Reserved > Blocks" with a suggested value of 5%. > > Questions: > 1) What are these reserved blocks for? > 2) Do I have to have them? > 3) What are the consequences of setting the quota to 0%?
Those are blocks reserved for the root "user". In case another user (human or computer) fills the partition root still has to spare 5% to potentially rescue the system which could otherwise become completely unusable. Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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