It seems that your file system is smaller than the partition. You can enlarge or shrink the ext2 file system by resize2fs.
Qian On Sun, 17 Nov 2002, Jason Bleazard wrote: > I'm trying to track down why my /var partition is only mounting as half > the size as reported by fdisk or parted. I'd appreciate any suggestions > or other information. > > df reports this (approx 2G): > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/hda7 1968588 833836 1034752 45% /var > > parted reports this (approx 4G): > Minor Start End Type Filesystem Flags > 7 1231.576 5137.976 logical ext2 cfdisk also reports the > partition as being 4G in size. > > This partition was previously ext3 before today. I converted it back to > ext2 using tune2fs -O ^has_journal /dev/hda7. > > I thought it was a 2G partition until I fired up Partition Magic to > increase it, and noticed that it was already 4G reported by Partition > Magic. That's when I booted back to Linux and discovered that parted and > cfdisk agree with Partition Magic. It's just the mounted size that > doesn't agree. > > I'd prefer not to mess around with the size of it if I can first figure > out why it's being mounted a different size than what the partition table > supposedly says. > > Thanks in advance, > Jason > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
