RE: Linux and superblocks

From: Juha Saarinen <juha@dont-contact.us>
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 13:15:02 +1200

Yes, it is.

man mke2fs:

 -m reserved-blocks-percentage
              Specify the percentage of reserved blocks for the super-
              user. This value defaults to 5%.

-- Juha

%-> -----Original Message-----
%-> From: Chris Conn [mailto:cconn@abacom.com]
%-> Sent: Sunday, 26 March 2000 12:49 p.m.
%-> To: squid-users@ircache.net
%-> Subject: Linux and superblocks
%->
%->
%-> Hello,
%->
%-> Is it possible to format a partition without attributing superblocks in
%-> linux? This space (to my understanding) can only be used by the
%-> superuser, and since squid runs as nobody this space is essentially
%-> wasted. In the case you have multiple partitions, some obviously get
%-> dedicated to cache data and superblocks would be unecessary.
%->
%-> Any advice would be appreciated.
%->
%-> Thanks,
%->
%-> Chris
%->
%->
%->
Received on Sat Mar 25 2000 - 18:19:12 MST

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