Fdisk disk size issue on RHEL 4

[Broekman, Maarten]

For an ext-based filesystem, add 10% of the requested storage to get the
partition size that will result in a filesystem closer to the requested
size.  So for a 50g filesystem, make a 55g partition.  Or reduce the
reserved block count using tune2fs.  It will never be exactly what they
request, but it will be closer.

--Maarten

>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-
>  bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Anne Moore
>  Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 10:29 AM
>  To: 'General Red Hat Linux discussion list'
>  Subject: Fdisk disk size issue on RHEL 4
>  
>  Greetings All
>  
>  I'm using FDISK to slice up my RHEL 4 servers. However, when I input,
for
>  instance, "+50000M" for a 50 GIG partition, it actually only shows 46
>  GIG's
>  after the partition is complete. This is upsetting my customer who
>  believe
>  I'm not doing things correctly.
>  
>  How do I determine how to get exactly the storage amount specified
while
>  using fdisk?
>  
>  Thank you for you expert assistance.
>  
>  Anne
>  
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