Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 12:05:24 -0600 From: Greg Barniskis <nalists@scls.lib.wi.us> To: Tim Lastine <tim.lastine@hi.umn.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Inconsistencies in df Message-ID: <43AAEAE4.1010408@scls.lib.wi.us> In-Reply-To: <7.0.0.16.0.20051222100521.01ed28d8@smig.net> References: <7.0.0.16.0.20051222100521.01ed28d8@smig.net>
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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. -- 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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