the problem is your mounting /usr/local before /usr change that ....i dont know if any data will be lost..but you must always mount lower level stuff first.
nate "S.Salman Ahmed" wrote: > > I just installed potato using the 2.2r2 boot floppies. The problem I am > having is that the output of 'du' and 'df' does not agree. Specifically, > even though I created a 2.5Gb /usr/local/ partition on which I haven't > currently installed any SW, here is what df says about it: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ df > Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/hda1 233336 13023 208266 6% / > /dev/hda5 2403420 490220 1791108 21% /usr/local > /dev/hda6 2403420 490220 1791108 21% /usr > /dev/hda7 1929068 160 1830916 0% /home > /dev/hda10 381139 200719 160742 56% /var > /dev/hda11 303344 62 287621 0% /tmp > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ df -h > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/hda1 228M 13M 203M 6% / > /dev/hda5 2.3G 479M 1.7G 21% /usr/local > /dev/hda6 2.3G 479M 1.7G 21% /usr > /dev/hda7 1.8G 160k 1.7G 0% /home > /dev/hda10 372M 196M 157M 56% /var > /dev/hda11 296M 62k 281M 0% /tmp > > Why do '/usr' and '/usr/local' have the *exact* same usage even though > nothing has been installed on /usr/local as yet. And even though 'du' > reports a completely different result. > > 'du -h /usr/local' produces different results: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ du -h /usr/local/ > 4.0k /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp > 4.0k /usr/local/share/emacs/20.7/site-lisp > 8.0k /usr/local/share/emacs/20.7 > 16k /usr/local/share/emacs > 20k /usr/local/share > 4.0k /usr/local/bin > 4.0k /usr/local/man > 4.0k /usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux > 8.0k /usr/local/lib/site_perl > 4.0k /usr/local/lib/texmf/doc > 8.0k /usr/local/lib/texmf > 4.0k /usr/local/lib/ghostscript/common > 4.0k /usr/local/lib/ghostscript/5.10 > 4.0k /usr/local/lib/ghostscript/fonts > 16k /usr/local/lib/ghostscript > 4.0k /usr/local/lib/python1.5/site-packages > 8.0k /usr/local/lib/python1.5 > 4.0k /usr/local/lib/site-python > 4.0k /usr/local/lib/xemacs/site-lisp > 8.0k /usr/local/lib/xemacs > 56k /usr/local/lib > 4.0k /usr/local/include > 4.0k /usr/local/sbin > 4.0k /usr/local/src > 100k /usr/local > > Can someone explain to me why there is this incredible discrepancy > between the disk usage reported by df and the disk usage reported by du > ? I had this problem with my last installation of Debian but I thought > it might have something to do with the fact that I was running > woody. This time, I am running potato, fresh off an install. > > Partition info is as follows: > > # /etc/fstab: static file system information. > # > # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> > <dump> <pass> > /dev/hdc1 / ext2 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 > 1 > /dev/hdc5 none swap sw,pri=3 0 > 0 > /dev/hdc6 none swap sw,pri=3 0 > 0 > proc /proc proc defaults 0 > 0 > /dev/fd0 /floppy auto defaults,user,noauto 0 > 0 > /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noauto 0 > 0 > /dev/hdc7 /tmp ext2 rw 0 > 2 > /dev/hdc8 /home ext2 rw 0 > 2 > /dev/hdc9 /usr/local ext2 rw 0 > 2 > /dev/hdc10 /var ext2 rw 0 > 2 > /dev/hdc11 /usr ext2 rw 0 > 2 > /dev/hdc3 /backup ext2 rw 0 > 2 > > My HD is a Maxtor 20Gb UDMA HD. Here is some output from dmesg: > > PCI_IDE: unknown IDE controller on PCI bus 00 device f9, VID=8086, DID=244b > PCI_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later > ide0: BM-DMA at 0xb800-0xb807, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio > ide1: BM-DMA at 0xb808-0xb80f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA > hda: Maxtor 52049H4, ATA DISK drive > hdc: YAMAHA CRW2100E, ATAPI CDROM drive > hdd: CREATIVE CD5233E, ATAPI CDROM drive > ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 > ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 > hda: Maxtor 52049H4, 19541MB w/2048kB Cache, CHS=2491/255/63 > hdc: ATAPI 40X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 8192kB Cache > Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.11 > hdd: ATAPI 52X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache > > During the install, as each partition was being installed, I selected > the options to: > > - not retain kernel 2.0 compatibility > - perform a bad block check on each partition > - format each partition > > No bad blocks were reported. This is a brand new HD on a brand new > system, both of which are approx. 3 weeks old. My system is a PIII on an > ASUS CUSL2 motherboard w/256Mb RAM. > > BTW, I am experiencing the same thing on another Debian box (older HW) > which is running woody kernel-2.2.17. This current system is running > potato (2.2r2) and the kernel version is: > > Linux viper 2.2.18pre21-compact #1 Sat Nov 18 09:23:46 MST 2000 i686 unknown > > I'd appreciate any information, as I'd like to know what the problem > is. If its a HW/HD problem, or what. > > Thanks. > > -- > Salman Ahmed > ssahmed AT pathcom DOT com > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ::: ICQ: 75132336 http://www.aphroland.org/ http://www.linuxpowered.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
