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Re: lost space on linux partition? :( plz help

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From: Robert Howson
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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From: rchowson@paganini.sydney.sterling.com (Robert Howson)
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Date: 1996/03/15
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