>
>
> >> Chris,
> >>
> >> Have you tried df -hi to show the number of free inodes on the system?
> >> It should help to reveal whether it's a problem with the number of
> >> inodes used or just hidden files or something..
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Hi Lucy,
> >
> > I think the inode usage is OK. I tried yes
>> Chris,
>>
>> Have you tried df -hi to show the number of free inodes on the system?
>> It should help to reveal whether it's a problem with the number of
>> inodes used or just hidden files or something..
>>
>>
>
> Hi Lucy,
>
> I think the inode usage is OK. I tried yesterday and it read 8
> Chris,
>
> Have you tried df -hi to show the number of free inodes on the system?
> It should help to reveal whether it's a problem with the number of
> inodes used or just hidden files or something..
>
Hi Lucy,
I think the inode usage is OK. I tried yesterday and it read 8%.
Thanks for the id
On 04/01/2008, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > I just got this response from another list:
> >
> > The df command will report all the available space on the disk , in other
> > words it will report the number of blocks in the "free" list.
> >
> > The du command gives y
>
> Chris
>
> I just got this response from another list:
>
> The df command will report all the available space on the disk , in other
> words it will report the number of blocks in the "free" list.
>
> The du command gives you and total number of blocks used by the directory
> that is passed to i
ways reports less than df.
Which is more or less what Alan said I think!
HTH
Stu
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From: Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Sent: Thursday, 3 January, 2008 8:18:42 PM
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] df and du give different results
>
> Chris
>
> Chris
>
> I have just done some testing as promised with the hidden trash folder on my
> ntfs drive and found that both df -h and du -hs /* did not report the
> changes in file sizes on the /media volume until I manually deleted the
> files from it (therefore it would appear that both commands
your issue soon.
Stu
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From: Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Sent: Thursday, 3 January, 2008 6:33:38 PM
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] df and du give different results
On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 12:49 +, Chris Rowson wrote:
> Now that just doesn
On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 12:49 +, Chris Rowson wrote:
> Now that just doesn't add up.
>
> Please help me :-O
>
du counts disk space used at a block level and not accurately counted
bytes. There is a -b parameter which gives the more realistic apparent
size of files.
Also du doesn't by default
Chris Rowson wrote:
> On Jan 3, 2008 3:44 PM, LeeGroups <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Concentrate on the DF's results. I can't remember the syntax but you can
>> grep for file sizes.
>> Start with files over 50M and work downwards.
>> I have this trouble with my MythTV box occasionally, it u
> sudo du -hs /* gives me.
>
> 3.1M/bin
> 9.4M/boot
> 0 /cdrom
> 172K/dev
> 2.6M/etc
> 39M /home
> 4.0K/initrd
> 0 /initrd.img
> 76M /lib
> 48K /lost+found
> 263G/media
> 4.0K/mnt
> 4.0K/opt
> 514M/proc
> 20K /root
> 8.1M/sbin
On Jan 3, 2008 3:44 PM, LeeGroups <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Concentrate on the DF's results. I can't remember the syntax but you can
> grep for file sizes.
> Start with files over 50M and work downwards.
> I have this trouble with my MythTV box occasionally, it usually a log
> file that explodes
On Jan 3, 2008 3:53 PM, Stuart Bird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Chris
>
>
> "The volume at media is a Windows based NTFS"
>
> So is mine (attached via USB). The hidden trash file is still created on it
> though. I have only recently discovered this "feature" so I am not sure why
> it happens b
Chris
"The volume at media is a Windows based NTFS"
So is mine (attached via USB). The hidden trash file is still created on it
though. I have only recently discovered this "feature" so I am not sure why it
happens but it can be annoying. Of course it may not be related to your issue
but it's
Concentrate on the DF's results. I can't remember the syntax but you can
grep for file sizes.
Start with files over 50M and work downwards.
I have this trouble with my MythTV box occasionally, it usually a log
file that explodes in size before the log rotates have time to remove it...
Lee
Chri
It's been hours now, and I'm totally and utterly stumped.
I've used lsof to check whether or not there are any deleted files
still sitting around taking up space, I've run an fsck, rebooted the
server and deleted some logs, but there is still a very large chunk of
hard disk space missing.
If I've
>
> Chris
>
> Have a poke around for hidden ".trash" folders, particularly on mounted
> media such as USB/Firewire hard drives. I have found that Ubuntu has a habit
> of creating these on such volumes and they do not appear to get emptied by
> the usual processes. I have often thought I had deleted
t sure why that "hidden" data wiuld not be seen by df and du though?
HTH
Stu
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From: Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Sent: Thursday, 3 January, 2008 12:49:13 PM
Subject: [ubuntu-uk] df and du give different results
Help!
I'
On 1/3/08, Alec Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Its probably because the filesystem itself takes up some space.
Surely not 12 Gig or so though ?
Chris
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Its probably because the filesystem itself takes up some space.
On 03/01/2008, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Help!
>
> I'm running a Dapper webserver and I'm having terrible problems with
> du and df giving different results:
>
> df -h gives me.
>
> FilesystemSize Used
Help!
I'm running a Dapper webserver and I'm having terrible problems with
du and df giving different results:
df -h gives me.
FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/Ubuntu-root
29G 27G 347M 99% /
varrun252M 52K 252M
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