Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 10:53:24 +0100 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org> To: rshea@opendoor.co.nz Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 'df' shows 'avail' is < zero ! Message-ID: <20000826105324.B46871@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <200008260548.e7Q5mhL07871@deborah.paradise.net.nz> References: <200008260548.e7Q5mhL07871@deborah.paradise.net.nz>
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rshea@opendoor.co.nz wrote: > Hi - When I do a 'df' I can see that I have a negative 'avail' value. I'm > rather surprised this is possible ! It's on the file system which is > dedicated to the '/' mount point. > > My primary question is will the machine reboot in this state ? I > don't want to find out by trying ! This is fine. A small percentage of space on all filesystems is reserved for root, a negative avail just shows that you've started using that space. If you look at any other filesystem you'll see the counts don't add up, this is the same reason. ben@magnesium:~$ df /usr Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/wd0s1e 3664014 3266055 104838 97% /usr ben@magnesium:~$ expr 3266055 + 104838 3370893 -- Ben Smithurst / ben@FreeBSD.org / PGP: 0x99392F7D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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