Re: df

["Oliver Elphick" <olly@lfix.co.uk>]

Sami Dalouche wrote:
  >I think it doesn't apply specificaly to debian, but I've a 10 GB HD and when
      > I do a df, it only shows me 8.5 GB. 
  >It's not only a bug in df because all my Linux is limited to 8.5 GB ! 
  >I don't understand why, it's UDMA/33 and Linux recognises it as Ulta DMA.
  >My Motherboard support it's size, so I don't understand why Linux loses 1.5 
      >GB !
  >All my Linux is in 1 partition, is it the cause ?

See the Large-Disk mini HOWTO and the current thread "10Gb drive - only 8Gb accessible"

You have to tell fdisk a different geometry: add more cylinders.

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