From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Aug 12 17:50:10 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1206037B400 for ; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 17:50:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F0E943E70 for ; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 17:50:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g7D0o2JU050136 for ; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 17:50:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.4/8.12.4/Submit) id g7D0o2sG050135; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 17:50:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9CF337B400 for ; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 17:45:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from server.rucus.ru.ac.za (server.rucus.ru.ac.za [146.231.115.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 42B6B43E77 for ; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 17:45:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from drs@rucus.ru.ac.za) Received: (qmail 24703 invoked from network); 13 Aug 2002 00:45:31 -0000 Received: from bashir.dsl.ru.ac.za (146.231.113.19) by server.rucus.ru.ac.za with SMTP; 13 Aug 2002 00:45:31 -0000 Received: (qmail 13683 invoked by uid 1001); 13 Aug 2002 00:45:32 -0000 Message-Id: <20020813004532.13682.qmail@bashir.dsl.ru.ac.za> Date: 13 Aug 2002 00:45:32 -0000 From: David "Siebörger" Reply-To: David "Siebörger" To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Subject: docs/41598: New FAQ entry explaining how a disk can be more than 100% full Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Number: 41598 >Category: docs >Synopsis: New FAQ entry explaining how a disk can be more than 100% full >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Aug 12 17:50:01 PDT 2002 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: David Siebörger >Release: FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE i386 >Organization: Rhodes University Computer Users Society >Environment: System: FreeBSD bashir.dsl.ru.ac.za 4.6-STABLE FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE #11: Tue Aug 6 10:43:06 SAST 2002 drs@bashir.dsl.ru.ac.za:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/BASHIR i386 >Description: This question has been asked on -questions a few times, and I couldn't find an answer to give from either the FAQ or the Handbook - feel free to point one out if I'm blind :). So here's my attempt at an answer, in the form of an FAQ entry. >How-To-Repeat: su to root, fill a partition and run df. >Fix: --- book.sgml.diff begins here --- --- doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml.orig Tue Aug 13 02:15:11 2002 +++ doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml Tue Aug 13 02:31:39 2002 @@ -6176,6 +6176,28 @@ describing how to do this. + + + + How is it possible for a partition to be more than 100% + full? + + + + A portion of each UFS partition (8%, by default) is + reserved for use by the operating system and the root user. + df does not count that space when + calculating the Capacity column, so it can + exceed 100%. Also, you'll notice that the + Blocks column is always greater than the + sum of the Used and + Avail columns, usually by a factor of + 8%. + + For more details, look up the option + in &man.tunefs.8;. + + --- book.sgml.diff ends here --- >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message