[wplug] partition question

Paul lupey+ at pitt.edu
Fri Oct 4 09:48:32 EDT 2002


Hello,

I have a 40 GB hard drive that I split down the middle (20GB
windows/20GB Linux). I set aside 11GB for /usr/local (/dev/hda3) and 2GB
for /usr (/dev/hda6). I have downloaded some large files (~1GB total)
onto /usr/local/ that should not have filled up its space but it did.
Here is the output of fdisk (clipped for length) and modified to include
the mount point.

>>
Mount Point  Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
c:                  /dev/hda1   *         1      2433  19543041    7
HPFS/NTFS
/                    /dev/hda2          2434      2554    971932+  83
Linux native
/usr/local/     /dev/hda3          2555      3950  11213370   83  Linux
native        <<<< alloted alot of space
                     /dev/hda4          3951      4864   7341705    5
Extended
/home           /dev/hda5          3951      4450   4016218+  83  Linux
native
/usr              /dev/hda6          4451      4700   2008093+  83
Linux native
/var              /dev/hda7          4701      4825   1004031   83
Linux native
>>


Now, here is the output of 'df' run as root.

>>
Filesystem           1k-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda1             19543040   9466155  10076886  49% /dosc
/dev/hda2               941428    642316    250516  72% /
/dev/hda3              1945132   1910504         0 100%
/usr/local                    <<<< shows only 2GB total and not 11GB as
above for fdisk
/dev/hda5              3890292    407028   3282456  12% /home
/dev/hda6              1945132   1910504         0 100%
/usr                             <<<< looks exactly the same as
/usr/local
/dev/hda7               972532     39068    883264   5% /var
>>


Here's the output of fstab

>>
/dev/hda1      /dosc       ntfs       defaults   1    0
/dev/hda2       /        ext2        defaults   1   1
/dev/hda3       /usr/local      ext2        defaults   1   1
/dev/hda5       /home      ext2        defaults   1   1
/dev/hda6       /usr      ext2        defaults   1   1
/dev/hda7       /var      ext2        defaults   1   1
>>

So, can somebody explain to this Linux newbie why I don't have the space
on /usr/local like I think I do?

Thank you for your help,

Paul




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