A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > I do not need to know what is using the missing space but I am intrigued as > I believe du is correct. There is only the stuff I expected on /dev/hda1 > and it puzzles me to see an extra 500 MB or so missing. > > It has been suggested I try adding stuff until the disk is full for df but > not for du. This strikes me as risky. > > Is there a tool that will allow me to see what is actually using the space?
The extra space isn't actually "being used". mkfs.ext2 reserves a portion of the file system (5% by defualt iirc but tunable with tune2fs) for use by root. 500MB however seems a bit much, though, unless you're like me and put everything in one or two partitions :) -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] "There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the universe. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein