Well, I was trying to install a program as root at the time, so even root
can't access this space -- (or rpm fails thinking it can't even though it
can?).

Is there a way to change this without formating and lossing all my data?

Thanks,

Ben

> Default setup for mke2fs, used to make ext2 filesystems, is for 5% of the
> space to be saved for the super user.  This means that the last 5% can only be
> written to by root.  This is helpful for keeping a full root filesystem from
> crashing the computer.  When I format my other partitions I usually do this:
> mk2efs -m 0 -c /dev/sda2
> -c for check for bad blocks
> -m 0 save 0% for super user
> 
> Ben Luey <lueyb at gridley.ACNS.Carleton.edu> writes:
> 
> > where did my hard drive space go? When I do a df I get
> > 
> > Filesystem	      Size  Used Avai Use%   Mounted on
> > /dev/hdc1             498M  481M     0 100% /usr
> > 
> > I don't have any space on /usr to use -- I get out of spacer error, but
> > I'm only using 481meg or my 498m -- can I get that 17meg somehow?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Ben
> > 
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