> On Sat, 2005-06-04 at 20:26 -0700, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On 6/4/05, Arun Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Figure this one out. > > > > > > /dev/hda6 is ~10GB per fdisk but 5.0GB per df (see below). > > > > > > # fdisk -l > > > Disk /dev/hda: 61.4 GB, 61492838400 bytes > > > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7476 cylinders > > > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > > > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > > /dev/hda6 3457 4673 9775521 83 Linux > > > > > > # df -h > > > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > > > /dev/hda6 5.0G 1.9G 3.1G 38% /home > > > > > > Where does fdisk say that the partition is 10GB? It says that the > > partition contains 9775521 blocks. Each block is 512bytes, you get the > > total size to be 5,005,066,752 or 5GB. > > > > Thaths
On my SuSE 9.2 (x64), fdisk by default reports 1024 bytes/block. See the fdisk/df report for /dev/hda # fdisk -l Disk /dev/hda: 61.4 GB, 61492838400 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7476 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 386 3100513+ b W95 FAT32 /dev/hda2 387 1023 5116702+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hda3 1024 7476 51833722+ 5 Extended /dev/hda5 1024 3456 19543041 83 Linux /dev/hda6 3457 4673 9775521 83 Linux # df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda6 5.0G 1.9G 3.1G 38% /home /dev/hda5 19G 8.5G 9.1G 49% /home/dnloads /dev/hda1 3.0G 2.0G 988M 68% /windows/C /dev/hda2 4.9G 2.2G 2.8G 44% /windows/D The scenario in the above case is: a 5.0G /home (from another disk) was dd'd over to a 10G device (hda6). rgds, akk ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. How far can you shotput a projector? How fast can you ride your desk chair down the office luge track? If you want to score the big prize, get to know the little guy. Play to win an NEC 61" plasma display: http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20 _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
