Re: df and du disagree
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
> I do not need to know what is using the missing space but I am intrigued as
> I believe du is correct. There is only the stuff I expected on /dev/hda1
> and it puzzles me to see an extra 500 MB or so missing.
>
> It has been suggested I try adding stuff until the disk is full for df but
> not for du. This strikes me as risky.
>
> Is there a tool that will allow me to see what is actually using the space?
The extra space isn't actually "being used". mkfs.ext2 reserves a portion
of the file system (5% by defualt iirc but tunable with tune2fs) for use
by root.
500MB however seems a bit much, though, unless you're like me and put
everything in one or two partitions :)
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