On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 7:26 pm, Margot wrote:
> Eric Huff wrote:
> >>How can I tell if I have the HD space?
> >
> > df at the cli
>
> OK, now I'm confused! This is what I got:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] margot]$ df
> Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> /dev/hda5              49G  2.2G   44G   5% /
> /dev/hda6             8.1G  406M  7.7G   5% /home
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] margot]$
>
> My HD is supposed to be 60G, but 49G + 8.1G = 57.1G, and for the
> first line 2.2G + 44G = 46.2G - where's the rest?
>
> Margot

This is very likely the old chestnut about whether 1GB = 1000MB or 
1024MB.

Anne
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