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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} rdiff-backup: push or pull?
From: Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>
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>> 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

Thank you, is it safe to do so on a disk like that?  If I run out of
space on the USB hard drive, I'll only need space on the OS disk to
fix it, correct?

- Grant