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Old 01-10-2006, 07:17 PM   #1
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hdd size problem


could someone please explain how this output of df -h is possible ?
i havent modified anything
but i just dont understand
and i really have no more space on /home/spx2
[stef@localhost dctemp]$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part6
3.5G 2.9G 531M 85% /
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part8
2.2G 2.2G 2.2M 100% /home
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part1
6.6G 5.7G 1015M 85% /mnt/win_c
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part5
6.4G 3.7G 2.8G 58% /mnt/win_d
 
Old 01-10-2006, 07:22 PM   #2
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ok, so whats the question? your /home is full. it's only 2.2gigs what do you have on there?
 
Old 01-10-2006, 07:50 PM   #3
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if you looked better you'd see that
size used avail
2.2g 2.2g 2.2g
wich is rather odd dont you think ?
 
Old 01-10-2006, 07:59 PM   #4
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i see. Try
cd /home
du -s
or
ls -l

Last edited by bosewicht; 01-10-2006 at 08:01 PM.
 
Old 01-10-2006, 10:27 PM   #5
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Quote:
Originally Posted by spx2
if you looked better you'd see that
size used avail
2.2g 2.2g 2.2g
wich is rather odd dont you think ?
Yes, but that's not what it says in your original post---there it is 2.2g 2.2g 2.2M Perfectly plausible with roundoff errors
 
Old 01-11-2006, 03:10 AM   #6
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oh sorry ur right
 
  


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