[Linux] "x% reserved for the super user"

[gilthanaz]

When using mkfs, it per default reserves 5% of the total blocknumber of the mass storage device for root. Sometimes you dont want it to do that, and reading the manpage (... RTFM ...) the solution was quite simple:

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mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdx1 -m0

Where the -m flag lets you set the percentage to reserve - in this case, 0%.