Emon, You are very obervant :) Your first case is interesting.
Okay, here is my dab at explanation: Your first case: $ df -h /boot Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda6 48M 37M 11M 78% /boot $ du -hs /boot 4.2M /boot This is interesting. It's not a normal case. I think you have a file which is being used by a process, but you have unlinked the file, i.e. deleted it. Until that process exits, the space taken up by the file will not be releases and the process will be able to use the file, until it closes it. This is a well defined behaviour in Unix. To test the theory, if you know the process, kill it. Otherwise, reboot and see if this resolves the issue. Now your second case: $ df -h /opt Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda8 1.2G 676M 470M 60% /opt $ du -hs /opt 698M /opt Hmm, more interesting, I can't explain it :) Generally, du should show a bit smaller number than df. That's because du does not count the file system overheads. The "bit" is 5-10%, not like your first example. Anyone to the rescue? -- Mojahed ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/hYOolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe send a blank mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bdlug/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
