Re: [newbie] re: newbie df
On Monday 28 Mar 2005 17:09, SnapafunFrank wrote:
Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote:
Warnings well heeded. I am almost too scared to do anything in Mandrake
now - no just kidding.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]# fdisk /dev/hda
The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 4865.
There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
and could in certain setups cause problems with:
1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)
2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
(e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Please understand my notes to your table here. Is this what you were
after? Strictly your call here.
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
[ Franks approx partition sizes ] /dev/hda1 * 1
236418988798+ 7 HPFS/NTFS [19gig ] /dev/hda2
2423486519623397+ 5 Extended [20gig ]
/dev/hda524233186 6136798+ 83 Linux
[6gig] ~ [ This is your root partition ] /dev/hda64808
4854 377496 83 Linux [350MB ]
/dev/hda748554865 88326 82 Linux swap
[82MB ] /dev/hda831873326 1124518+ 82
Linux swap [1.1gig ] /dev/hda933274807
11896101 83 Linux [12gig - wow, wish I could
afford this much] ~ [ This is your /home partition ]
Partition table entries are not in disk order
I can breathe now I am out of fdisk!
regards
Rosemary
OK Rosemary, I need to study this a little but for now see what I see.
You have a 40gig hard drive:
You have 7 ( note ~ seven ) partitions:
You have only 1 primary partition ~ you ought to have 3 but not
essential: more about this later.
You have only 1 ( one ) logic partition ~ you are allowed up to 16 last
I heard:
You therefore have 1 ( all you are allowed I believe ) extended
partition ~ it is within this partition that you have your logic
partitions:
You have 2 swap partitions ~ no idea why you have two when one is enough
especially when one of them appears huge.
( Don't mind me rambling on here ~ I'm working out loud.)
Generally the rules here are:
No more than 4 primary partitions with only one of them being made an
extended partition in which you can have up to 16 logic ( LBA ) partitions.
You can have as many swap partitions as you like though usually one is
enough.
Partition numbering is:
primary 1 ~ 4 ( includes the extended partition )
With LBA partitions numbering 5 ~ say 16
The only partitions you have correct here are:
/dev/hda1 * [ Your WinXP partition and the * means it is bootable ]
/dev/hda1 [ One of your swap partitions and I say this is correct
because it appears to be of the correct size ~ Usually no more than 1.5
times your RAM size if it is under 512MB ]
Now lets take your df printf: [ printf is syntax for echo or in other words
~ what you see returned to the screen when you issue a command seeking
info. ]
FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda5 5.8G 1.7G 3.9G 30% /[ My rough math for
the above table isn't to far off here afterall.]
/dev/hda9 12G 170M 12G 2% /home [ You must work out what
you really will be using here because this is far to big at present ~
only 170MB of 12000MB used so far.]
SO.
Your WinXP partition does not get mounted when you boot up ~ you may prefer
this but fstab has it entered.
Your hda6 partition doesn't get mounted so we need to discover which
directory this relates to. [ See below ]
Your hda8, in my opinion is just wasted space at present.
Please try this:
Go KConfigure Your DesktopPartitions and tell me what you see
there. If there is more there than /dev/hda5 and /dev/hda9, ( should at
least be /dev/hda7 and /dev/hda8 ),
then please make a note of what partitions are there AND what there
sizes are, ( Usually in megabytes ~ [ MB ] ), as this will save having
to work out partition sizes using the
number of blocks reported by the fdisk command. { Went back and did
that anyway but am still curious ]
Another thing to do is to mount that /dev/hda6 partition to find out
what it is. So do as su:
# mkdir /mnt/hda6
# mount /dev/hda6 /mnt/hda6 [ If this gives you errors then stop here
and let me know what those errors are. ]
# cd /mnt/hda6
# ls
Look at any directories listed here ( other than lost found ) and tell
me what they are please.
Not trying to crowd you so will stop here and await your replies.
Okay - first up:
during the install, I selected the partitions that Mandrake preselected -
which is what I was advised
Re: [newbie] re: newbie df
Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote:
On Monday 28 Mar 2005 17:09, SnapafunFrank wrote:
Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote:
Warnings well heeded. I am almost too scared to do anything in Mandrake
now - no just kidding.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]# fdisk /dev/hda
The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 4865.
There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
and could in certain setups cause problems with:
1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)
2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
(e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Please understand my notes to your table here. Is this what you were
after? Strictly your call here.
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
[ Franks approx partition sizes ] /dev/hda1 * 1
236418988798+ 7 HPFS/NTFS [19gig ] /dev/hda2
2423486519623397+ 5 Extended [20gig ]
/dev/hda524233186 6136798+ 83 Linux
[6gig] ~ [ This is your root partition ] /dev/hda64808
4854 377496 83 Linux [350MB ]
/dev/hda748554865 88326 82 Linux swap
[82MB ] /dev/hda831873326 1124518+ 82
Linux swap [1.1gig ] /dev/hda933274807
11896101 83 Linux [12gig - wow, wish I could
afford this much] ~ [ This is your /home partition ]
Partition table entries are not in disk order
I can breathe now I am out of fdisk!
regards
Rosemary
OK Rosemary, I need to study this a little but for now see what I see.
You have a 40gig hard drive:
You have 7 ( note ~ seven ) partitions:
You have only 1 primary partition ~ you ought to have 3 but not
essential: more about this later.
You have only 1 ( one ) logic partition ~ you are allowed up to 16 last
I heard:
You therefore have 1 ( all you are allowed I believe ) extended
partition ~ it is within this partition that you have your logic
partitions:
You have 2 swap partitions ~ no idea why you have two when one is enough
especially when one of them appears huge.
( Don't mind me rambling on here ~ I'm working out loud.)
Generally the rules here are:
No more than 4 primary partitions with only one of them being made an
extended partition in which you can have up to 16 logic ( LBA ) partitions.
You can have as many swap partitions as you like though usually one is
enough.
Partition numbering is:
primary 1 ~ 4 ( includes the extended partition )
With LBA partitions numbering 5 ~ say 16
The only partitions you have correct here are:
/dev/hda1 * [ Your WinXP partition and the * means it is bootable ]
/dev/hda1 [ One of your swap partitions and I say this is correct
because it appears to be of the correct size ~ Usually no more than 1.5
times your RAM size if it is under 512MB ]
Now lets take your df printf: [ printf is syntax for echo or in other words
~ what you see returned to the screen when you issue a command seeking
info. ]
FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda5 5.8G 1.7G 3.9G 30% /[ My rough math for
the above table isn't to far off here afterall.]
/dev/hda9 12G 170M 12G 2% /home [ You must work out what
you really will be using here because this is far to big at present ~
only 170MB of 12000MB used so far.]
SO.
Your WinXP partition does not get mounted when you boot up ~ you may prefer
this but fstab has it entered.
Your hda6 partition doesn't get mounted so we need to discover which
directory this relates to. [ See below ]
Your hda8, in my opinion is just wasted space at present.
Please try this:
Go KConfigure Your DesktopPartitions and tell me what you see
there. If there is more there than /dev/hda5 and /dev/hda9, ( should at
least be /dev/hda7 and /dev/hda8 ),
then please make a note of what partitions are there AND what there
sizes are, ( Usually in megabytes ~ [ MB ] ), as this will save having
to work out partition sizes using the
number of blocks reported by the fdisk command. { Went back and did
that anyway but am still curious ]
Another thing to do is to mount that /dev/hda6 partition to find out
what it is. So do as su:
# mkdir /mnt/hda6
# mount /dev/hda6 /mnt/hda6 [ If this gives you errors then stop here
and let me know what those errors are. ]
# cd /mnt/hda6
# ls
Look at any directories listed here ( other than lost found ) and tell
me what they are please.
Not trying to crowd you so will stop here and await your replies.
Okay - first up:
during the install, I selected the partitions that Mandrake preselected -
which is what I was advised to do, probably at linuxquestions or another
forum, or possibly on the installation process itself.
Re: [newbie] re: newbie df
SnapafunFrank wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Warnings well heeded. I am almost too scared to do anything in Mandrake now - no just kidding. [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]# fdisk /dev/hda The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 4865. There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024, and could in certain setups cause problems with: 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO) 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK) Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Please understand my notes to your table here. Is this what you were after? Strictly your call here. Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System [ Franks approx partition sizes ] /dev/hda1 * 1236418988798+ 7 HPFS/NTFS [19gig ] /dev/hda22423486519623397+ 5 Extended [20gig ] /dev/hda524233186 6136798+ 83 Linux[6gig] ~ [ This is your root partition ] /dev/hda648084854 377496 83 Linux [350MB ] /dev/hda748554865 88326 82 Linux swap [82MB ] /dev/hda831873326 1124518+ 82 Linux swap [1.1gig ] /dev/hda93327480711896101 83 Linux [12gig - wow, wish I could afford this much] ~ [ This is your /home partition ] Partition table entries are not in disk order I can breathe now I am out of fdisk! regards Rosemary OK Rosemary, I need to study this a little but for now see what I see. You have a 40gig hard drive: You have 7 ( note ~ seven ) partitions: You have only 1 primary partition ~ you ought to have 3 but not essential: more about this later. Not realy. You can have up to 4, but if you use an extended partition, it uses 1 primary partition slot. You have only 1 ( one ) logic partition ~ you are allowed up to 16 last I heard: Each partition in the extended partition is a logical partition. This system has 5 logical partitions in the extended partition. You therefore have 1 ( all you are allowed I believe ) extended partition ~ it is within this partition that you have your logic partitions: You have 2 swap partitions ~ no idea why you have two when one is enough especially when one of them appears huge. About the only reasion for the second swap partition would be if using Software Suspend. You need a swap partition a bit larger then your physical memory to hold the currend system state when you suspend to disk. But I don't think too many people are using it yet. But 1.1G does look a bit large. On the other hand, the 82MB swap partition is realy too small to be usefull... Generally the rules here are: No more than 4 primary partitions with only one of them being made an extended partition in which you can have up to 16 logic partitions. You can have as many swap partitions as you like though usually one is enough. Partition numbering is: primary 1 ~ 4 ( includes the extended partition ) With LBA partitions numbering 5 ~ say 16 Logical partitions, not LBA. LBA is a way of accessing a hard drive, not a partition type. (Logical Block Allocation if I remember right...) The only partitions you have correct here are: /dev/hda1 * [ Your WinXP partition and the * means it is bootable ] /dev/hda1 [ One of your swap partitions and I say this is correct because it appears to be of the correct size ~ Usually no more than 1.5 times your RAM size if it is under 512MB ] I think you mean dha8 here, and not hda1. Now lets take your df printf: [ printf is syntax for echo or in other words ~ what you see returned to the screen when you issue a command seeking info. ] FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda5 5.8G 1.7G 3.9G 30% /[ My rough math for the above table isn't to far off here afterall.] /dev/hda9 12G 170M 12G 2% /home [ You must work out what you really will be using here because this is far to big at present ~ only 170MB of 12000MB used so far.] SO. Your WinXP partition does not get mounted when you boot up ~ you may prefer this but fstab has it entered. Your hda6 partition doesn't get mounted so we need to discover which directory this relates to. [ See below ] This partition was being mounted on /mnt before we disabled it. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] re: newbie df
Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Okay - first up: during the install, I selected the partitions that Mandrake preselected - which is what I was advised to do, probably at linuxquestions or another forum, or possibly on the installation process itself. These were: hda5 (5.8Gb, /, ext) hda6 (368Mb, /mnt, ext3) hda9 (11Gb, /home, ext 3) If this was incorrect, then so be it - I was simply doing what I thought I had been advised to do. There was also swap there somewhere. I seriously wonder if all this questioning is worth it - your time, and my limited knowledge. I simply want a system that works. If I have made a mistake, okay, then fix it if can be fixed simply, or reinstall. It seems the fix is not simple, and I believe it is time to reinstall. I am sorry if this disappoints you ... and I am sorry if I have wasted your time. I acknowledge that I probably stuffed up when I attempted to install the mouse, however, there were always problems with stalling, even at the first install attempt. I see on other forums that Mandrake is reputed to have problems with USB devices. That may be disputed here - I don't know. I do know that I need to have a system that works, and if i don't fully understand why it didn't, then I can live with that. I hope you can see my point. I read recently - on the local LUG mailing list I think - that some prefer to wrestle with linux, than actually use their system I *don't* fall into that category. I really am deeply appreciative of your efforts to help, and of other listers - but am beginning to wonder if it is going anywhere. Regards Rosemary Rosemary, While I would love to take this through to the end, in this case, you are probably right about a re-install being the best fix. If I were sitting in front of your box, I could probably get everything sorted out in less time then it would take to install. But doing it over the list, it will probably take at least a few days. I would enjoy the chalange, but it is probably not in your best interest. If you had more Linux experence, and wanted to learn system repair, that would be different. Now, when you re-install, you will want to save your /home partition, (hda9) and probably your extra data partition (hda6). One thing I would do different - you will want hda6 to mount on /data or /mnt/data. You do NOT want it on /mnt. If you want, you can just tell the installer to leave it alone, and we can help you create a mount point for it later. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] re: newbie df
On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 04:49, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: SnapafunFrank wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Warnings well heeded. I am almost too scared to do anything in Mandrake now - no just kidding. [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]# fdisk /dev/hda The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 4865. There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024, and could in certain setups cause problems with: 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO) 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK) Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Please understand my notes to your table here. Is this what you were after? Strictly your call here. Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System [ Franks approx partition sizes ] /dev/hda1 * 1236418988798+ 7 HPFS/NTFS [19gig ] /dev/hda22423486519623397+ 5 Extended [20gig ] /dev/hda524233186 6136798+ 83 Linux[6gig] ~ [ This is your root partition ] /dev/hda648084854 377496 83 Linux [350MB ] /dev/hda748554865 88326 82 Linux swap [82MB ] /dev/hda831873326 1124518+ 82 Linux swap [1.1gig ] /dev/hda93327480711896101 83 Linux [12gig - wow, wish I could afford this much] ~ [ This is your /home partition ] Partition table entries are not in disk order I can breathe now I am out of fdisk! regards Rosemary OK Rosemary, I need to study this a little but for now see what I see. You have a 40gig hard drive: You have 7 ( note ~ seven ) partitions: You have only 1 primary partition ~ you ought to have 3 but not essential: more about this later. Not realy. You can have up to 4, but if you use an extended partition, it uses 1 primary partition slot. You have only 1 ( one ) logic partition ~ you are allowed up to 16 last I heard: Each partition in the extended partition is a logical partition. This system has 5 logical partitions in the extended partition. You therefore have 1 ( all you are allowed I believe ) extended partition ~ it is within this partition that you have your logic partitions: You have 2 swap partitions ~ no idea why you have two when one is enough especially when one of them appears huge. About the only reasion for the second swap partition would be if using Software Suspend. You need a swap partition a bit larger then your physical memory to hold the currend system state when you suspend to disk. But I don't think too many people are using it yet. But 1.1G does look a bit large. On the other hand, the 82MB swap partition is realy too small to be usefull... I wonder if this happened at the attempt to get the mouse going ... Generally the rules here are: No more than 4 primary partitions with only one of them being made an extended partition in which you can have up to 16 logic partitions. You can have as many swap partitions as you like though usually one is enough. Partition numbering is: primary 1 ~ 4 ( includes the extended partition ) With LBA partitions numbering 5 ~ say 16 Logical partitions, not LBA. LBA is a way of accessing a hard drive, not a partition type. (Logical Block Allocation if I remember right...) The only partitions you have correct here are: /dev/hda1 * [ Your WinXP partition and the * means it is bootable ] /dev/hda1 [ One of your swap partitions and I say this is correct because it appears to be of the correct size ~ Usually no more than 1.5 times your RAM size if it is under 512MB ] I think you mean dha8 here, and not hda1. Now lets take your df printf: [ printf is syntax for echo or in other words ~ what you see returned to the screen when you issue a command seeking info. ] FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda5 5.8G 1.7G 3.9G 30% /[ My rough math for the above table isn't to far off here afterall.] /dev/hda9 12G 170M 12G 2% /home [ You must work out what you really will be using here because this is far to big at present ~ only 170MB of 12000MB used so far.] SO. Your WinXP partition does not get mounted when you boot up ~ you may prefer this but fstab has it entered. Your hda6 partition doesn't get mounted so we need to discover which directory this relates to. [ See below ] This partition was being mounted on /mnt before we disabled it. Mikkel Want to buy your Pack or Services from
Re: [newbie] df table file
SnapafunFrank ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: When within my system I issue the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /]# df FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda5 966M 714M 203M 78% / /dev/hda1 966M 14M 903M 2% /boot /dev/hda6 9.4G 5.1G 4.0G 57% /usr /dev/hda8 9.4G 8.8G 693M 93% /home /dev/hda91020M 312M 656M 33% /var /dev/hda3 12G 2.0G 8.8G 19% /mnt/empty /dev/hda4 3.4G 2.7G 712M 80% /mnt/win_h /dev/hdb2 16M 2.3M 13M 16% /mnt/hdb2_boot /dev/hdb5 92M 55M 33M 63% /mnt/hdb5_root /dev/hdb6 92M 62M 25M 72% /mnt/hdb6_var /dev/hdb7 3.1G 1.9G 1.1G 64% /mnt/hdb7_usr /dev/hdb9 1.5G 1.4G 151M 91% /mnt/hdb9_home /dev/hdb1 14G 13G 1.2G 92% /mnt/win_c2 I get a summary of all my partitions AND their names. However, I'm unable to do this when I'm NOT within the system: So, is there a file on the system that could simply give me this info by simply reading it ? Hi, the *df* command reports free disk space from all mounted file systems. So take a look at /etc/mtab and /etc/fstab which will give you the names and mount points your looking for. For more info.. man mount, fstab and df Hopefully helpfull .. -- RickS gpg --recv-keys --keyserver www.keyserver.net 0x24AABE61 Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. --Albert Einstein Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] df
This is my df - quite different to what knoppix gave! [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ df FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda5 5.8G 1.7G 3.9G 30% / /dev/hda9 12G 170M 12G 2% /home [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ It's the same when I am root. Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] df table file
RickSisler wrote: SnapafunFrank ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: When within my system I issue the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /]# df FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda5 966M 714M 203M 78% / /dev/hda1 966M 14M 903M 2% /boot /dev/hda6 9.4G 5.1G 4.0G 57% /usr /dev/hda8 9.4G 8.8G 693M 93% /home /dev/hda91020M 312M 656M 33% /var /dev/hda3 12G 2.0G 8.8G 19% /mnt/empty /dev/hda4 3.4G 2.7G 712M 80% /mnt/win_h /dev/hdb2 16M 2.3M 13M 16% /mnt/hdb2_boot /dev/hdb5 92M 55M 33M 63% /mnt/hdb5_root /dev/hdb6 92M 62M 25M 72% /mnt/hdb6_var /dev/hdb7 3.1G 1.9G 1.1G 64% /mnt/hdb7_usr /dev/hdb9 1.5G 1.4G 151M 91% /mnt/hdb9_home /dev/hdb1 14G 13G 1.2G 92% /mnt/win_c2 I get a summary of all my partitions AND their names. However, I'm unable to do this when I'm NOT within the system: So, is there a file on the system that could simply give me this info by simply reading it ? Hi, the *df* command reports free disk space from all mounted file systems. So take a look at /etc/mtab and /etc/fstab which will give you the names and mount points your looking for. For more info.. man mount, fstab and df Hopefully helpfull .. Thanks for that RickS but as I stated above, the fstab on the system I'm trying to recover is somewhat unreliable. ( It starts that its mount point for one partition is /mnt for example. ) At present I'm even unaware of how many partitions that system has. There are long ways of finding out but you have given me another place to look before I go there with tomsrtbt. Again, your input is greatly appreciated. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] df
Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: This is my df - quite different to what knoppix gave! [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ df FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda5 5.8G 1.7G 3.9G 30% / /dev/hda9 12G 170M 12G 2% /home [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ It's the same when I am root. Rosemary There is something very wrong here when put with your fstab file I THINK! WARNING: Do not muck about with the following fdisk command or you could corrupt your partition table and loose everything! Please do as su : $ su password: # fdisk/dev/hda Enter Type the letter ' p ' and Enter ( as always ~ Quotes not included ) Highlight the table output and Right Click Copy Paste into your reply email to me. [ Once you have copied the printout and whilst still within konsole: ( or go back to konsole later if you wish ): type the letter ' q ' ( Q for quit ) and press Enter to get out of fdisk. ] AND as stated above ~ don't go looking around with this command ~ it could land you in trouble. If you are not happy with my warnings here then please call me. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] re: newbie df
Warnings well heeded. I am almost too scared to do anything in Mandrake now - no just kidding. [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]# fdisk /dev/hda The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 4865. There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024, and could in certain setups cause problems with: 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO) 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK) Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1236418988798+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hda22423486519623397+ 5 Extended /dev/hda524233186 6136798+ 83 Linux /dev/hda648084854 377496 83 Linux /dev/hda748554865 88326 82 Linux swap /dev/hda831873326 1124518+ 82 Linux swap /dev/hda93327480711896101 83 Linux Partition table entries are not in disk order I can breathe now I am out of fdisk! regards Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] df table file
SnapafunFrank wrote: RickSisler wrote: SnapafunFrank ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: When within my system I issue the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /]# df FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda5 966M 714M 203M 78% / /dev/hda1 966M 14M 903M 2% /boot /dev/hda6 9.4G 5.1G 4.0G 57% /usr /dev/hda8 9.4G 8.8G 693M 93% /home /dev/hda91020M 312M 656M 33% /var /dev/hda3 12G 2.0G 8.8G 19% /mnt/empty /dev/hda4 3.4G 2.7G 712M 80% /mnt/win_h /dev/hdb2 16M 2.3M 13M 16% /mnt/hdb2_boot /dev/hdb5 92M 55M 33M 63% /mnt/hdb5_root /dev/hdb6 92M 62M 25M 72% /mnt/hdb6_var /dev/hdb7 3.1G 1.9G 1.1G 64% /mnt/hdb7_usr /dev/hdb9 1.5G 1.4G 151M 91% /mnt/hdb9_home /dev/hdb1 14G 13G 1.2G 92% /mnt/win_c2 I get a summary of all my partitions AND their names. However, I'm unable to do this when I'm NOT within the system: So, is there a file on the system that could simply give me this info by simply reading it ? Hi, the *df* command reports free disk space from all mounted file systems. So take a look at /etc/mtab and /etc/fstab which will give you the names and mount points your looking for. For more info.. man mount, fstab and df Hopefully helpfull .. Thanks for that RickS but as I stated above, the fstab on the system I'm trying to recover is somewhat unreliable. ( It starts that its mount point for one partition is /mnt for example. ) At present I'm even unaware of how many partitions that system has. There are long ways of finding out but you have given me another place to look before I go there with tomsrtbt. Again, your input is greatly appreciated. The names are generated by whare they are mounted. This is controlled by /etc/mtab in the root partition, and is also reflected in /proc/mounts. The names will be different if you boot from a CD, and mount them, or if you move the drive to a different system. On a working system, the space information is calculated by the kernel. You can get where things would normaly be mounted by looking in /etc/fstab on the root partition. If you had booted from a CD, and /dev/hda5 were mounted on /mnt, then the file would be /mnt/etc/fstab. (The rescue mode of the install cd has the option of mounting all the partition on /mnt, so that what would normaly be mounted on /mnt/empty would end up mounted on /mnt/mnt/empty, and so forth. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] df table file
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: SnapafunFrank wrote: RickSisler wrote: SnapafunFrank ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: When within my system I issue the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /]# df FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda5 966M 714M 203M 78% / /dev/hda1 966M 14M 903M 2% /boot /dev/hda6 9.4G 5.1G 4.0G 57% /usr /dev/hda8 9.4G 8.8G 693M 93% /home /dev/hda91020M 312M 656M 33% /var /dev/hda3 12G 2.0G 8.8G 19% /mnt/empty /dev/hda4 3.4G 2.7G 712M 80% /mnt/win_h /dev/hdb2 16M 2.3M 13M 16% /mnt/hdb2_boot /dev/hdb5 92M 55M 33M 63% /mnt/hdb5_root /dev/hdb6 92M 62M 25M 72% /mnt/hdb6_var /dev/hdb7 3.1G 1.9G 1.1G 64% /mnt/hdb7_usr /dev/hdb9 1.5G 1.4G 151M 91% /mnt/hdb9_home /dev/hdb1 14G 13G 1.2G 92% /mnt/win_c2 I get a summary of all my partitions AND their names. However, I'm unable to do this when I'm NOT within the system: So, is there a file on the system that could simply give me this info by simply reading it ? Hi, the *df* command reports free disk space from all mounted file systems. So take a look at /etc/mtab and /etc/fstab which will give you the names and mount points your looking for. For more info.. man mount, fstab and df Hopefully helpfull .. Thanks for that RickS but as I stated above, the fstab on the system I'm trying to recover is somewhat unreliable. ( It starts that its mount point for one partition is /mnt for example. ) At present I'm even unaware of how many partitions that system has. There are long ways of finding out but you have given me another place to look before I go there with tomsrtbt. Again, your input is greatly appreciated. The names are generated by whare they are mounted. This is controlled by /etc/mtab in the root partition, and is also reflected in /proc/mounts. The names will be different if you boot from a CD, and mount them, or if you move the drive to a different system. On a working system, the space information is calculated by the kernel. You can get where things would normaly be mounted by looking in /etc/fstab on the root partition. If you had booted from a CD, and /dev/hda5 were mounted on /mnt, then the file would be /mnt/etc/fstab. (The rescue mode of the install cd has the option of mounting all the partition on /mnt, so that what would normaly be mounted on /mnt/empty would end up mounted on /mnt/mnt/empty, and so forth. Mikkel Thanks Mikkel ~ got all that and I now know that getting the names of the partitions that a system users has various ways of finding them out ~ but that no one file that relates specifically to this is available to see from using another system to look in. Worth a try though. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] re: newbie df
Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote:
Warnings well heeded. I am almost too scared to do anything in Mandrake now -
no just kidding.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]# fdisk /dev/hda
The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 4865.
There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
and could in certain setups cause problems with:
1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)
2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
(e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Please understand my notes to your table here. Is this what you were
after? Strictly your call here.
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
[ Franks approx partition sizes ]
/dev/hda1 * 1236418988798+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
[19gig ]
/dev/hda22423486519623397+ 5 Extended
[20gig ]
/dev/hda524233186 6136798+ 83 Linux
[6gig] ~ [ This is your root partition ]
/dev/hda648084854 377496 83 Linux
[350MB ]
/dev/hda748554865 88326 82 Linux swap
[82MB ]
/dev/hda831873326 1124518+ 82 Linux swap
[1.1gig ]
/dev/hda93327480711896101 83 Linux
[12gig - wow, wish I could afford this much] ~ [ This is your /home partition
]
Partition table entries are not in disk order
I can breathe now I am out of fdisk!
regards
Rosemary
OK Rosemary, I need to study this a little but for now see what I see.
You have a 40gig hard drive:
You have 7 ( note ~ seven ) partitions:
You have only 1 primary partition ~ you ought to have 3 but not
essential: more about this later.
You have only 1 ( one ) logic partition ~ you are allowed up to 16 last
I heard:
You therefore have 1 ( all you are allowed I believe ) extended
partition ~ it is within this partition that you have your logic partitions:
You have 2 swap partitions ~ no idea why you have two when one is enough
especially when one of them appears huge.
( Don't mind me rambling on here ~ I'm working out loud.)
Generally the rules here are:
No more than 4 primary partitions with only one of them being made an
extended partition in which you can have up to 16 logic ( LBA ) partitions.
You can have as many swap partitions as you like though usually one is
enough.
Partition numbering is:
primary 1 ~ 4 ( includes the extended partition )
With LBA partitions numbering 5 ~ say 16
The only partitions you have correct here are:
/dev/hda1 * [ Your WinXP partition and the * means it is bootable ]
/dev/hda1 [ One of your swap partitions and I say this is correct because
it appears to be of the correct size ~ Usually no more than 1.5 times your RAM
size if it is under 512MB ]
Now lets take your df printf: [ printf is syntax for echo or in other words ~
what you see returned to the screen when you issue a command seeking info. ]
FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda5 5.8G 1.7G 3.9G 30% /[ My rough math for the
above table isn't to far off here afterall.]
/dev/hda9 12G 170M 12G 2% /home [ You must work out what you
really will be using here because this is far to big at present ~ only 170MB
of 12000MB used so far.]
SO.
Your WinXP partition does not get mounted when you boot up ~ you may prefer
this but fstab has it entered.
Your hda6 partition doesn't get mounted so we need to discover which directory
this relates to. [ See below ]
Your hda8, in my opinion is just wasted space at present.
Please try this:
Go KConfigure Your DesktopPartitions and tell me what you see
there. If there is more there than /dev/hda5 and /dev/hda9, ( should at
least be /dev/hda7 and /dev/hda8 ),
then please make a note of what partitions are there AND what there
sizes are, ( Usually in megabytes ~ [ MB ] ), as this will save having
to work out partition sizes using the
number of blocks reported by the fdisk command. { Went back and did
that anyway but am still curious ]
Another thing to do is to mount that /dev/hda6 partition to find out
what it is. So do as su:
# mkdir /mnt/hda6
# mount /dev/hda6 /mnt/hda6 [ If this gives you errors then stop here
and let me know what those errors are. ]
# cd /mnt/hda6
# ls
Look at any directories listed here ( other than lost found ) and tell
me what they are please.
Not trying to crowd you so will stop here and await your replies.
--
Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always!
Regards
SnapafunFrank
Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve.
Registered Linux User # 324213
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[newbie] df table file
When within my system I issue the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /]# df FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda5 966M 714M 203M 78% / /dev/hda1 966M 14M 903M 2% /boot /dev/hda6 9.4G 5.1G 4.0G 57% /usr /dev/hda8 9.4G 8.8G 693M 93% /home /dev/hda91020M 312M 656M 33% /var /dev/hda3 12G 2.0G 8.8G 19% /mnt/empty /dev/hda4 3.4G 2.7G 712M 80% /mnt/win_h /dev/hdb2 16M 2.3M 13M 16% /mnt/hdb2_boot /dev/hdb5 92M 55M 33M 63% /mnt/hdb5_root /dev/hdb6 92M 62M 25M 72% /mnt/hdb6_var /dev/hdb7 3.1G 1.9G 1.1G 64% /mnt/hdb7_usr /dev/hdb9 1.5G 1.4G 151M 91% /mnt/hdb9_home /dev/hdb1 14G 13G 1.2G 92% /mnt/win_c2 I get a summary of all my partitions AND their names. However, I'm unable to do this when I'm NOT within the system: So, is there a file on the system that could simply give me this info by simply reading it ? -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] df table file
SnapafunFrank wrote: When within my system I issue the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /]# df FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda5 966M 714M 203M 78% / /dev/hda1 966M 14M 903M 2% /boot /dev/hda6 9.4G 5.1G 4.0G 57% /usr /dev/hda8 9.4G 8.8G 693M 93% /home /dev/hda91020M 312M 656M 33% /var /dev/hda3 12G 2.0G 8.8G 19% /mnt/empty /dev/hda4 3.4G 2.7G 712M 80% /mnt/win_h /dev/hdb2 16M 2.3M 13M 16% /mnt/hdb2_boot /dev/hdb5 92M 55M 33M 63% /mnt/hdb5_root /dev/hdb6 92M 62M 25M 72% /mnt/hdb6_var /dev/hdb7 3.1G 1.9G 1.1G 64% /mnt/hdb7_usr /dev/hdb9 1.5G 1.4G 151M 91% /mnt/hdb9_home /dev/hdb1 14G 13G 1.2G 92% /mnt/win_c2 I get a summary of all my partitions AND their names. However, I'm unable to do this when I'm NOT within the system: So, is there a file on the system that could simply give me this info by simply reading it ? Probably /etc/fstab and /proc/partitions would give you some info. (on the system in question) You could make a simple one line script like df diskfree.txt and make a cron job to run it. Then read the diskfree.txt file. Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] df table file
mike wrote: SnapafunFrank wrote: When within my system I issue the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /]# df FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda5 966M 714M 203M 78% / /dev/hda1 966M 14M 903M 2% /boot /dev/hda6 9.4G 5.1G 4.0G 57% /usr /dev/hda8 9.4G 8.8G 693M 93% /home /dev/hda91020M 312M 656M 33% /var /dev/hda3 12G 2.0G 8.8G 19% /mnt/empty /dev/hda4 3.4G 2.7G 712M 80% /mnt/win_h /dev/hdb2 16M 2.3M 13M 16% /mnt/hdb2_boot /dev/hdb5 92M 55M 33M 63% /mnt/hdb5_root /dev/hdb6 92M 62M 25M 72% /mnt/hdb6_var /dev/hdb7 3.1G 1.9G 1.1G 64% /mnt/hdb7_usr /dev/hdb9 1.5G 1.4G 151M 91% /mnt/hdb9_home /dev/hdb1 14G 13G 1.2G 92% /mnt/win_c2 I get a summary of all my partitions AND their names. However, I'm unable to do this when I'm NOT within the system: So, is there a file on the system that could simply give me this info by simply reading it ? Probably /etc/fstab and /proc/partitions would give you some info. (on the system in question) You could make a simple one line script like df diskfree.txt and make a cron job to run it. Then read the diskfree.txt file. Mike Thanks Mike, and I have somewhere else to look, but the system I need this info from cannot be booted into right now because I believe /etc/fstab is mucked up a little. To that end I'm prepared to use tomsrtbt to look in on the system and that is why I'm trying to find out how I can glean this info. tomsrtbt has fdisk but that doesn't tell me the 'names' of the partitions on the system I'm trying to restore. Still, there are ways, I just wondered if the info was recorded to make my task a little easier. Again, greatly appreciate your input. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] df is bs
A df displays this for my fat32-formatted external USB 2 drive: /dev/sdb1 56G -256Z 58G 101% /mnt/removable2 but cd'ing to it and doing a du -sh shows that 11GB are used. What's going on? Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] df is bs
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 20 Jan 2005 22:08, Miark wrote: A df displays this for my fat32-formatted external USB 2 drive: /dev/sdb1 56G -256Z 58G 101% /mnt/removable2 but cd'ing to it and doing a du -sh shows that 11GB are used. What's going on? Dunno, but I got a similarly ridiculous answer when I tried it on a usb 128MB disk. Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB8CydkFAvMr/nNX8RAmRpAKCW1Cl04QecAlGy4bLFJB9mOJ32HACfX4oM 8YdXzfkRybK6mdGm6E59Y9I= =riA1 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] df command output
But these are symlinks in 9.1 as well...so what is different about df in 9.1 and 9.2 and how does one get the old behavior back? P On Wednesday 29 October 2003 01:19 pm, Richard Urwin wrote: On Wednesday 29 Oct 2003 4:57 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Wednesday 29 October 2003 10:05 am, Eric Huff wrote: [snip] tom $ df -h -x supermount FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part6 8.5G 1.7G 6.9G 20% / /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part5 46M 9.3M 34M 22% /boot /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part7 12G 4.3G 7.6G 36% /home /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part5 25G 11G 15G 44% /stor /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part8 56G 46G 11G 82% /stor2 /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part1 13G 8.5G 4.0G 69% /stor3 So that doesn't clean it up. IIRC, this 'new' output from df appeared early in 9.2 development (maybe sooner). I believe it was explained on the cooker list as being due to changes, improvements in devfs. Since /dev/hda1 is a symbolic link to /dev/blah/blah it should be possible to write a script to convert the output. Who wants to learn bash/cut/sed etc. and wants an interesting and rewarding project? (or maybe just perl) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] df command output
[sorry, I hate top-posting in situations like this.] You shouldn't be sorry *unless* you are top posting. :) eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] df command output
In every other distro I've used, the df command returns the free disk space on each device attached to the system and lists the file systems as /dev/hda1, dev/sda1, etc. In 9.2 the file systems are listed as /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc/part1 or something related. My computer may be a P4, but my brain is only an i386 and I just can't process that much info. How can I get df to output the old style device file name? TIA Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] df command output
-Original Message- From: Paul Kaplan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 11:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] df command output In every other distro I've used, the df command returns the free disk space on each device attached to the system and lists the file systems as /dev/hda1, dev/sda1, etc. In 9.2 the file systems are listed as /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc/part1 or something related. My computer may be a P4, but my brain is only an i386 and I just can't process that much info. How can I get df to output the old style device file name? TIA Paul Paul, man df and it will give you the options. You can change it in your aliases to do it all the time for you so you don't have to type it all in all the time. Tony. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify either Tony S. Sykes or the postmaster mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless specifically stated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails. Business Computer Projects Ltd BCP House 151 Charles Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3JY Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com http://www.bcpsoftware.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] df command output
it isn't obvious to me what switch changes the way fs's are listed. Any ideas? P On Wednesday 29 October 2003 06:33 am, Tony S. Sykes wrote: -Original Message- From: Paul Kaplan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 11:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] df command output In every other distro I've used, the df command returns the free disk space on each device attached to the system and lists the file systems as /dev/hda1, dev/sda1, etc. In 9.2 the file systems are listed as /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc/part1 or something related. My computer may be a P4, but my brain is only an i386 and I just can't process that much info. How can I get df to output the old style device file name? TIA Paul Paul, man df and it will give you the options. You can change it in your aliases to do it all the time for you so you don't have to type it all in all the time. Tony. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify either Tony S. Sykes or the postmaster mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless specifically stated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails. Business Computer Projects Ltd BCP House 151 Charles Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3JY Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com http://www.bcpsoftware.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] df command output
df -h -x Tom Dne st 29. jna 2003 13:07 Paul Kaplan napsal(a): it isn't obvious to me what switch changes the way fs's are listed. Any ideas? P On Wednesday 29 October 2003 06:33 am, Tony S. Sykes wrote: -Original Message- From: Paul Kaplan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 11:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] df command output In every other distro I've used, the df command returns the free disk space on each device attached to the system and lists the file systems as /dev/hda1, dev/sda1, etc. In 9.2 the file systems are listed as /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc/part1 or something related. My computer may be a P4, but my brain is only an i386 and I just can't process that much info. How can I get df to output the old style device file name? TIA Paul Paul, man df and it will give you the options. You can change it in your aliases to do it all the time for you so you don't have to type it all in all the time. Tony. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify either Tony S. Sykes or the postmaster mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless specifically stated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails. Business Computer Projects Ltd BCP House 151 Charles Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3JY Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com http://www.bcpsoftware.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] df command output
On Wednesday 29 October 2003 10:05 am, Eric Huff wrote: alias df='df -h -x supermount' the -x needs to know what to exclude. Paul, does this fix your file name problem? When i unaliased it, the -h just affected size of files. Didn't seem to affect the way dirs were listed... (i'm still on 9.1 though). eric tom $ df -h -x supermount FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part6 8.5G 1.7G 6.9G 20% / /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part5 46M 9.3M 34M 22% /boot /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part7 12G 4.3G 7.6G 36% /home /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part5 25G 11G 15G 44% /stor /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part8 56G 46G 11G 82% /stor2 /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part1 13G 8.5G 4.0G 69% /stor3 So that doesn't clean it up. IIRC, this 'new' output from df appeared early in 9.2 development (maybe sooner). I believe it was explained on the cooker list as being due to changes, improvements in devfs. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] df command output
On Wednesday 29 Oct 2003 4:57 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Wednesday 29 October 2003 10:05 am, Eric Huff wrote: [snip] tom $ df -h -x supermount FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part6 8.5G 1.7G 6.9G 20% / /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part5 46M 9.3M 34M 22% /boot /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part7 12G 4.3G 7.6G 36% /home /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part5 25G 11G 15G 44% /stor /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part8 56G 46G 11G 82% /stor2 /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part1 13G 8.5G 4.0G 69% /stor3 So that doesn't clean it up. IIRC, this 'new' output from df appeared early in 9.2 development (maybe sooner). I believe it was explained on the cooker list as being due to changes, improvements in devfs. Since /dev/hda1 is a symbolic link to /dev/blah/blah it should be possible to write a script to convert the output. Who wants to learn bash/cut/sed etc. and wants an interesting and rewarding project? (or maybe just perl) -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
