Re: USB memory stick in Etch
On Thu, 2008-10-09 at 18:27 +0900, J.H.Kim wrote:
> Thanks for answer.
>
> The result of "df /media/USB*" is
>
> Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use%
> Mounted on
> /dev/sdb1 976996 914420 62576
> 94% /media/USB DISK
>
> But when the /media/USB DISK directory is seen on File Manager,
> the size of the contents in /media/USB DISK is 350MB, which is almost
> same on MS Windows.
> I wish to know why "df" measures the size of the disk 914MB and File
> Manager measures the size of same disk 350MB differently.
>
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b) please don't top post
So, back to your question:
> I'm using LG X TICK USB memory stick (1GB) in Etch.
> In MS windows the USB memory stick can save 1GB data, but in my etch
> the device can save only 450MB data.
> When over 450MB data is to be copied to that disk, the error message
> "DISK FULL" is prompted.
> Is it driver problem?
> How can I fix it?
You seem to be saying, `df` gives the correct info for your USB drive
stick whereas File Manager doesn't Given there is more than 350 MB on
the stick is File Manager also not giving all the correct files (and
sizes)? I mean as it is now with the 900(ish) MB already on the stick -
what does File Manager report? And what is the output from (presuming
you have cd into the top level directory of the USB stick drive)
i) du -sm
ii) ls -altR
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