Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 12:10:23 -0600 From: Greg Barniskis <nalists@scls.lib.wi.us> To: Greg Barniskis <nalists@scls.lib.wi.us> Cc: Tim Lastine <tim.lastine@hi.umn.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Inconsistencies in df Message-ID: <43AAEC0F.9070309@scls.lib.wi.us> In-Reply-To: <43AAEAE4.1010408@scls.lib.wi.us> References: <7.0.0.16.0.20051222100521.01ed28d8@smig.net> <43AAEAE4.1010408@scls.lib.wi.us>
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Greg Barniskis wrote: > Tim Lastine wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> We are wondering why df gives such peculiar outputs on large disk >> drives? > > > If I'm not mistaken, it's because "Available" is a relative term. Some > space is reserved by the OS for itself. See part 9.25 of > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html > > I haven't done the math against your example, but I'd wager it adds up > correctly if you revise your assumptions accordingly. > Sorry, 9.25 and 9.26 both. -- Greg Barniskis, Computer Systems Integrator South Central Library System (SCLS) Library Interchange Network (LINK) <gregb at scls.lib.wi.us>, (608) 266-6348
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