On Sun, May 04, 2003 at 12:04:09PM -0400, Jason M. Harvey wrote: > On Sun, 2003-05-04 at 11:21, Frank Gevaerts wrote: > > > > > If you use ext2 or ext3, normal user processes can not fill the entire > > disk. There is 5% reserved for root. This means that when the disk fills > > up, random processes may start to crash, but you will always be able to > > log in as root to fix the ptoblems. > > > > Frank > > > > > > wow, > > that's cool. i never knew that! glad i asked. One side-effect is that ext2 is not very suitable for floppy disks where diskspace is important. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <hans@sociologi.cjb.net> GnuPG key: 1024D/7050614E (currently active subkey 03CE8884) Fingerprint: 1408 C8D5 1E7D 4C9C C27E 014F 7C2C 872A 7050 614E Key available at keyserver.kjsl.com Encrypted emails prefered.
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