By default, ext4 reserves space that only root can use. Makes sense for system partitions. But for e.g. a storage drive I'd rather have that 5% to use for files. See [this askubuntu](https://askubuntu.com/questions/249387/df-h-used-space-avail-free-space-is-less-than-the-total-size-of-home) ``` sudo tune2fs -l /dev/... # list details sudo tune2fs -m 0 /dev/... # set reserved to 0 ``` When making a new ext4 ``` sudo mkfs.ext4 ... -m 0 /dev/... ```