-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkp/zy0ACgkQC1NzPRl9qEWsPQCfUTXiiMkG/IYRpIqyv9krcETs ySsAn281H5P0VHhAyTSRydPkYyuOk5Fi =t/Q3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
