Re: df and strange filesystem synonimity
On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 10:31:52AM -0700, Bluejack wrote:
>
> I've tried hunting google and various archives for some
> hint that someone has seen & solved this before, but I am
> apparently not using the right search terms:
>
> I recently set up a linux box (older, 2.5 G HD, i386, PIII-233,
> the latest Woody dist) and I mounted /usr and /usr/local as
> separate filesystems, the former with 600 Meg of space, the
> latter with 1000 Meg. However, df reports them BOTH as having
> 600 Meg, and stranger, when I drop a file into one, it
> increases the used space for both filesystems, as though one
> were just a symlink to the other!
>
> Both are primary partitions, if that makes a difference.
>
> Has anyone seen this?
>
> Having played around with it a fair bit, I am thinking about
> reinstalling, with one as a primary and one as a logical,
> but if there is a quicker, easier solution, I'd love to
> know it.
>
Did you mount /usr first, and then /usr/local?
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