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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.

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