On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 09:31:05AM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > I am sorry but I don't follow. Perhaps you could give an example of > why it's misleading? Please cut-n-paste the output to create a small > example showing what you are talking about about.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# mkdir mnt [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# dd if=/dev/zero of=1 bs=8192 count=50 50+0 records in 50+0 records out [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# dd if=/dev/zero of=2 bs=8192 count=100 100+0 records in 100+0 records out [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# mke2fs 1 mke2fs 1.33 (21-Apr-2003) 1 is not a block special device. Proceed anyway? (y,n) y [...] [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# mke2fs 2 mke2fs 1.33 (21-Apr-2003) 2 is not a block special device. Proceed anyway? (y,n) y [...] [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# mount -oloop 1 mnt [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# mount -oloop 2 mnt [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# df [...] /root/1 782K 13K 729K 2% /root/mnt /root/2 782K 13K 729K 2% /root/mnt Here it seems as though the fs on device /root/1 is 729K; in reality it is half that. I don't know what the right answer is though. Tim. */
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