Re: Fdisk disk size issue on RHEL 4

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



Anne,

> I'm using FDISK to slice up my RHEL 4 servers. However, when I input, for
> instance, "+50000M" for a 50 GIG partition, it actually only shows 46
> GIG's after the partition is complete. This is upsetting my customer who
> believe I'm not doing things correctly.
>
> How do I determine how to get exactly the storage amount specified while
> using fdisk?

You won't. That other space is used by filesystem accounting - inode
tables and superblocks.

      mark

-- 
redhat-list mailing list
unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

[Index of Archives]     [CentOS]     [Kernel Development]     [PAM]     [Fedora Users]     [Red Hat Development]     [Big List of Linux Books]     [Linux Admin]     [Gimp]     [Asterisk PBX]     [Yosemite News]     [Red Hat Crash Utility]


  Powered by Linux