3G = approx 5% of 59G filesystem, or the reserved blocks on a standard ext2fs filesystem. They're right there where you expect to find them if you use a unix filesystem. <quote who="Ben Snyder"> > I'm a linux-lvm newbie (some limited use of IBM's LVM in AIX), and some > use of Veritas in Solaris. So I'm doing some testing, hoping to find > out that lvm will serve my needs and that of my employer. > > I've done all of my fdisks to change partition type (0x8e), vgscans, > pvcreates, vgcreates, lvcreates, mke2fs on the lv etc, (used nice > generic names for my testing, like vg and lv), mounted it up and get the > following: > > > mount /dev/vg/lv /test > df -h /test > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/spheravg/spheralv > 59G 20k 56G 0% /test > > > WTF?!?! Where'd that 3G go? Does LVM mess with things so that the OS > cant read volumes correctly? Or is there another issue that I might be > running into? > > Thanks in advance for feedback/assistance/HELP. > > Also, on another note, how difficult is it going to be for me to add > another ~63G to this LV from another physical device? The whole reason > we're looking at LVM is mainly to perform this function (one HYUGE > filesystem over multiple devices). > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@sistina.com > http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://www.sistina.com/lvm/Pages/howto.html _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@sistina.com http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://www.sistina.com/lvm/Pages/howto.html