From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 30 18:40:05 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3007316A421 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:40:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3B6C13C442 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:40:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id lAUIZXkU093218; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:35:33 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id lAUIZX1Y093217; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:35:33 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:35:33 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister To: Caleb Collins Message-ID: <20071130183533.GG92323@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Terabyte drive X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:40:05 -0000 On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 07:20:51AM -0600, Caleb Collins wrote: > So I just installed a new terabyte WD drive and I am showing 902GB on the > new drive, which I expect thank to the fact they use 1000 instead of 1024. > However the problem I am seeing is that I am losing 72Gb from the start on > the fresh drive. > > /dev/ad4s1c 902G 4.0K 830G 0% /media2 > > As you can see I am using 0% however I have already lost 72Gb. Is there a > flag I am missing for newfs for new large drives or is this a bug with df. > It is all in the documentation and FAQs. I believe what you are now seeing is the difference between the total space and the space available to be written by a user process. There is an amount (8%, if I remember correctly) on each filesystem that is reserved for use by the system/root. You can change that but should not. ////jerry > FreeBSD fellat.rackerx.com 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 > 11:05:30 UTC 2007 root@dessler.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP > i386 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"