On Thursday 09 December 2004 10:04, Paul Howarth wrote: >The reserved blocks are a function of the filesystem, not of du > and/or df; see "man tune2fs" for adjustments you can make on ext2 > and ext3 filesystems. > >Paul. Thanks. I just set it down to 2%, which still seems like lot on a drive of that size. I take it that this remains set over a reboot? -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.30% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.