mke2fs.8.in: Add an explanation about why reserved blocks in a

filesystem is a good thing.
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Theodore Ts'o 2004-10-08 10:47:30 -04:00
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2004-10-08 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
* mke2fs.8.in: Add an explanation about why reserved blocks in a
filesystem is a good thing.
2004-09-28 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
* badblocks.8.in: Document the default block size. (Addresses

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.TP
.BI \-m " reserved-blocks-percentage"
Specify the percentage of the filesystem blocks reserved for
the super-user. This value defaults to 5%.
the super-user. This avoids fragmentation, and allows root-owned
daemons, such as
.BR syslogd (8),
to continue to function correctly after non-privileged processes are
prevented from writing to the filesystem. The default percentage
is 5%.
.TP
.B \-M
Set the last mounted directory for the filesystem. This might be useful