/bckupdrv how big?

[Chris Aitken]

wattst-dxuVLtCph9gsA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org wrote:

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>>>   What is the output of:
>>>
>>>fdisk -l /dev/hdb
>>>      
>>>
>>[root at a800 pauline]# /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/hdb
>>
>>Disk /dev/hdb: 6488 MB, 6488294400 bytes
>>255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 788 cylinders
>>Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>>
>>  Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
>>/dev/hdb1   *           1         788     6329578+  83  Linux
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>Very strange, and for the most part, I'm stumped.  As far as those empty folders
>that take up space go, are permissions set to allow you to view the contents of
>the folders that take up 222 MB?  
>
I can see the files therein. This Slave drive was the Master drive in 
the previous installation. Everything is there: /bin, /boot/, /dev, the 
works. I guess the drive didn't format -- so it's just an unused dead 
sdystem disk , as it were.

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Chris
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