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   Bit Twister to All   
   Re: OT: ext4 or NTFS for external drive?   
   15 Nov 12 15:05:49   
   
   From: BitTwister@mouse-potato.com   
      
   On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 09:12:33 -0500, TJ wrote:   
      
   > computer, started it about 8PM, and it was done the next morning. Also a   
   > bit surprising. When I checked with a df, I saw that it had the same   
   > 931GB of the NTFS system, but only 870-odd were available, and if I add   
   > the amount used to the amount available I came up with a very large   
   > amount unaccounted for. Most disturbing.   
      
   My WAG would be your reserved-blocks-percentage value for the partition.  :)   
   Say what? you say;   
     man mke2fs   
      
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