/bckupdrv how big?

[caitken-Bm8TULXj0r/3fQ9qLvQP4Q at public.gmane.org]

caitken-Bm8TULXj0r/3fQ9qLvQP4Q at public.gmane.org writes: 

> Chris F.A. Johnson writes:  
> 
>> On Fri, 10 Mar 2006, caitken-Bm8TULXj0r/3fQ9qLvQP4Q at public.gmane.org wrote:  
>> 
>>> I guess I'll start a third thread here, since my other installation 
>>> related threads have continued with a tight focus. I have completed the 
>>> new installation -- I had to install FC2 again as FC 4 was giving me 
>>> anaconda related file references in an exception. I am not equipped to 
>>> deal with that. A partition I set up is /bckupdrv using almost the whole 
>>> 6 GB slave drive. df indicates the partition is only around 1 GB: 
>>> [pauline at a800 pauline]$ df /bckupdrv
>>> Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
>>> /dev/hdb1              1004024    346348    606672  37% /bckupdrv Yet, 
>>> Nautilus shows that the "new" drive has folders in it that are empty but 
>>> somehow add up to 222 MB?! The plot thickens as fdsik reports the drive 
>>> as the 6 GB that I hoped it would be. What's going on?
>> 
>>    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  
> 
> <snip>

I thought I was okay with this but I'm not. I'm only able to save under 1 Gb 
on this supposedly 6.5 GB dard drive. I'm getting different information from 
fdisk, hardware browser, df, and Nautilus. 

ANy ideas? 

Chris 


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