Re: size from df -kh vs size from fdisk -l

2009-04-22 Thread Bryn M. Reeves
On Wed, 2009-04-22 at 11:08 +0930, Tim wrote: On Tue, 2009-04-21 at 09:13 -0700, Aldo Foot wrote: After using fdisk or parted, one must do partprobe at the CLI to record the changes. Both the OS and the Kernel need to know the changes. I don't recall having to do that. The last time I

Re: size from df -kh vs size from fdisk -l

2009-04-22 Thread jackson byers
jbyers: Error: File system has an incompatible feature enabled. does this last tell us anything useful? perhaps better to just reformat sda1? --- aldo foot: That's informative. I would do one of two things: (a) reformat the partition and create a new filesystem, or (b) use GParted to

size from df -kh vs size from fdisk -l

2009-04-21 Thread jackson byers
I asked this questiion in another thread f10 liveinstall cd trashed my main fc5 but i think it got lost in my longish msg # fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 36.7 GB, 36703934464 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4462 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start

Re: size from df -kh vs size from fdisk -l

2009-04-21 Thread Andrew Parker
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 8:37 AM, jackson byers byers...@gmail.com wrote: # fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 36.7 GB, 36703934464 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4462 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes    Device Boot  Start End  Blocks   Id  System

Re: size from df -kh vs size from fdisk -l

2009-04-21 Thread Jeff Voskamp
Andrew Parker wrote: On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 8:37 AM, jackson byers byers...@gmail.com wrote: # fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 36.7 GB, 36703934464 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4462 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks

Re: size from df -kh vs size from fdisk -l

2009-04-21 Thread Steve Berg
I asked this questiion in another thread f10 liveinstall cd trashed my main fc5 but i think it got lost in my longish msg # fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 36.7 GB, 36703934464 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4462 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot

Re: size from df -kh vs size from fdisk -l

2009-04-21 Thread Aldo Foot
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 5:37 AM, jackson byers byers...@gmail.com wrote: I asked this questiion in another thread f10 liveinstall cd trashed my main fc5 but i think it got lost in my longish  msg # fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 36.7 GB, 36703934464 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4462

Re: size from df -kh vs size from fdisk -l

2009-04-21 Thread jackson byers
n Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 8:37 AM, jackson byers byers...@gmail.com wrote: # fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 36.7 GB, 36703934464 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4462 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1

Re: size from df -kh vs size from fdisk -l

2009-04-21 Thread Tim
On Tue, 2009-04-21 at 09:13 -0700, Aldo Foot wrote: After using fdisk or parted, one must do partprobe at the CLI to record the changes. Both the OS and the Kernel need to know the changes. I don't recall having to do that. The last time I repartitioned a drive, there was an automatic syncing