[plug] Dude, where is my HD space gone?

[Craig Ringer]

Aesop Beetlebum wrote:
>     Bit of a query to the community regarding a certain phenomenon I am 
> witnessing regarding a 120GB HD, which formats as ext3 to 111GB useable 
> space and is 100% full at 105GB

That looks a bit like the 5% superuser reserved space on ext2/3 volumes. 
"man tune2fs" for more info.

If I'm right, you'll still be able to create files if you do it as root.

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Craig Ringer