Did you check df as regular user, or as root? There is some reserve disk space, which only the root can see or use. On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, [windows-1255] &pe;&vav;&pe;&vav;&bet; &yod;&bet;ℷ&nun;&yod; wrote: > Connecting my new Seagate IDE 40Gb hard disk: > > fdiskcreates a partition of 39078081 blocks > > mkfs -t ext2 /dev/hdb1 > > df -h /dev/hdb1 gives me only 37G available - ( now it is 9.5G used + 25G > Avail = 34.5G ) > > Seems something goes wrong, I havelost about 15 % of disk space at this > moment, with the disk relatively empty. --- Omer WARNING TO SPAMMERS: at http://www.zak.co.il/spamwarning.html ннннннннннннннннннннни unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]