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Article #59115Re: lost space on linux partition? :( plz help
From: Robert Howson
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 00:00
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 00:00
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agreen@wumpus.its.uow.edu.au (Anthony Green) wrote:
>hello all,
> basically if i do a df -k with linux i get the following...
>Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on
>/dev/hdb2 398156 352837 24756 93% /
>now....that doesnt add up .. there is like 20 meg missing :(
>how can i regain this lost diskspace or whatever because i am running
>out of space :(
>any ideas drop me a line =)
>ta..
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Just a thought, but when I formatted a new partition the other day, I
was a message saying that 5% of the blocks are allocated for the
superuser. I don't know if this is related or not, but it might be
worth checking out.
Cheers
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