Are you sure -m option is not working with mkfs.ext3? Can you verify it using tune2fs ?
If 5% is reserved already, you can use "tune2fs -m 0 device" to modify it and check Reserved blocks count using "tune2fs -l device" command.
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On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 5:42 PM, Muhammad Ammar <mammar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi All,Whenever an EXT3 partition is created some space is reserved for super-user, I used the mkfs.ext3 with option -m set to 0, but there is no effect it still reserve the space. How can i set the reserved-space to 0 or calculate the reserved-space in advance?Any suggestion/idea?Regards,
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