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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



  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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