[wplug] partition question

[jsbillings at mac.com]

It looks like while the device /dev/hda3 spans 11G, you only created a
filesystem on it that is 2G in size.  What did you use to create this
filesystem?

Jonathan

On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 09:48, Paul wrote:
> 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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Jonathan S Billings <jsbillings at mac.com>