On Tuesday 27 September 2005 08:17, jdd wrote: > Christian Boltz wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Am Montag, 26. September 2005 19:49 schrieb Claes at work: > >>> cd to /media/sda1 and then issue the df command, it should now show > >>> the amount of used/free space. > >>> Make sure you cd back to your home dir before removing the device. > >> > >> What is the reason the current directory is significant? I can't find > >> an explanation for that in the df man page. > > > > It has nothing to do with df - it has to do with the automatic (u)mount. > > If you are _not_ in the directory, it will not be mounted... > > but mount show it and df don't, is that normal?
it was a workaround for a problem with rpm and broken hardware. However, this has been solved for 10.0 and df should work as you expect again. bye adrian -- Adrian Schroeter SuSE AG, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nuernberg, Germany email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]