From: Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} rdiff-backup: push or pull?
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:47:11 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAN0CFw2MqDOsCfFE6N=ioHLNFMJ9mBD4SxjckbuFDUnOd7-FUw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5710175.Zsoj7M7BTh@weird>
>> > Can I reserve 0% for root on my USB hard drive which is only used for
>> > backups and does not contain an OS?
>>
>> Yes:
>>
>> mke2fs -m 0 /dev/usb-drive
>
> Although a value > 0 helps against fragmentation. And when rdiff-backup has
> failed because it ran out of space, regressing to the previous sane state
> will need a little free space.
Good points. Should 10GB (1% of 1TB) do it?
- Grant
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-08-17 20:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-08-16 4:58 [gentoo-user] {OT} rdiff-backup: push or pull? Grant
2011-08-16 6:35 ` Joost Roeleveld
2011-08-16 23:50 ` Grant
2011-08-17 6:07 ` Joost Roeleveld
2011-08-17 17:18 ` Grant
2011-08-18 6:13 ` Joost Roeleveld
2011-08-19 1:01 ` Grant
2011-08-19 6:07 ` Joost Roeleveld
2011-08-19 17:13 ` Grant
2011-08-17 6:14 ` Joost Roeleveld
2011-08-17 17:35 ` Grant
2011-08-19 17:14 ` Michael Orlitzky
2011-08-19 18:00 ` Grant
2011-08-19 19:06 ` Michael Orlitzky
2011-08-19 19:58 ` Grant
2011-08-20 8:12 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-08-17 6:15 ` Joost Roeleveld
2011-08-17 17:37 ` Grant
2011-08-17 18:54 ` Alex Schuster
2011-08-17 20:47 ` Grant [this message]
2011-08-17 21:49 ` Alex Schuster
2011-08-17 22:03 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-08-18 0:35 ` Peter Humphrey
2011-08-18 6:30 ` Joost Roeleveld
2011-08-19 1:51 ` Grant
2011-08-19 6:13 ` Joost Roeleveld
2011-08-19 17:35 ` Grant
2011-08-21 19:10 ` Joost Roeleveld
2011-08-16 13:39 ` Bill Longman
2011-08-16 14:04 ` Alan McKinnon
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