Am 2006-05-01 10:08:55, schrieb charlie derr: > On one of the machines that I oversee there is an issue with the df output > that I don't understand. > > here's a part of the output from df -h > > /dev/sda1 440G 420G 0 100% /backup > > if i don't use the -h it looks like this: > > /dev/sda1 461293804 440335112 0 100% /backup > > It appears that there really are 20Gigs free, but that column shows 0 -- > can i reliably ignore that column and use subtraction with the previous two > to compute the true free space?
20GByte are around 5% of the afaillable 440 GByte which are reserved for the superuser. Try to do a 'tune2fs -m 0 /dev/sda1' and do a 'df -m' again... Greetings Michelle Konzack -- Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/ ##################### Debian GNU/Linux Consultant ##################### Michelle Konzack Apt. 917 ICQ #328449886 50, rue de Soultz MSM LinuxMichi 0033/3/88452356 67100 Strasbourg/France IRC #Debian (irc.icq.com) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]