Inconsistencies in df

[Greg Barniskis]

Tim Lastine wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We are wondering why df gives such peculiar outputs on large disk 
> drives?  

If I'm not mistaken, it's because "Available" is a relative term. 
Some space is reserved by the OS for itself. See part 9.25 of

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html

I haven't done the math against your example, but I'd wager it adds 
up correctly if you revise your assumptions accordingly.

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