Re: File system question - free blocks

["Rohan Sheth" <rohan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:07 -0400, "Mathew Snyder"
<mathew.snyder@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The space you've freed up is probably reserved for root and the
> various process run as root. In order to prevent the system from
> crashing it will report no free space to normal users when there is
> clearly some there once a certain threshold is reached.
> 
> http://www.ducea.com/2008/03/04/ext3-reserved-blocks-percentage/
> 
> -Mathew

Yep, that seems to have been the culprit, thanks!

--Rohan
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