Re: Formating disk
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Jochen Schulz wrote:
> hce:
>> I am going to create ext3 file system to an external USB HDD for being
>> used as an backup storage. I am not clear if it is necessary to
>> reserve super user blocks (5% by default), could you please advise?
>
> I do that only for filesystems which make the system (partly) unusable
> when they are full (/, /var). For simple 'data stores' you don't need
> it.
- From man ext2fs, the reserved blocks are not just for root, but are also
used in order to avoid fragmentation.
Cheers,
Johannes
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