On Sat, 06 Jan 2007 16:54:38 +0000, I wrote: > I noticed that my disk space did not re-gain after deleting a big iso file. > Is it because that the iso file has been previously loop mounted? It was > unmounted before deletion of cause: > > $ df > /dev/sda14 79631676 52241640 27390036 66% /lfs/cache12 > /dev/loop3 4571190 4571190 0 100% /mnt/tmp1 > > sudo umount /mnt/tmp1 > > $ lsof | grep my-big > > rm my-big.iso > > $ df > /dev/sda14 79631676 52241640 27390036 66% /lfs/cache12 > > The my-big.iso is over 4G in size. why there is no space increase after > it being deleted? I've checked with lsof that no one is using it.
More info: I did the loop mount as usual: sudo mount -o loop my-big.iso /mnt/tmp1 I noticed that each time the loop device number increased. When I do ps, I found that there are still many loop process in execution: $ ps -eaf | grep loop root 5566 1 0 Jan05 ? 00:01:44 [loop0] root 5597 1 0 Jan05 ? 00:00:00 [loop1] root 5603 1 0 Jan05 ? 00:00:00 [loop2] root 10995 1 0 00:28 ? 00:01:41 [loop3] root 26656 1 0 11:42 ? 00:01:40 [loop4] root 6234 1 0 17:45 ? 00:00:00 [loop5] please comment thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
