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formatted sata still showing used available memory

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Hello,

After I format the sata (ext3) , and erase all files in it I see with df command

That there is still "used" memory in it. It is a problem, because I use the "df" for showing the amount of left memory, because I always have 99% or less even after removing all files.

Is is beacuase of some used inodes for the filesystem ? Do you think there is some way to get the real percentage of left memory (which is supposed to be 100%) or should I patch it for the user (for example whenever I have 99% left, I will return it as 100%) ?

Thanks,

Ran