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Subject: Re: Missing: 5 MB on a Unix PC.
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Date: Thu, 29-Oct-87 10:03:01 EST
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Summary: I think I'm missing 5 MB of memory ...


John,

(Initial Disclaimer: I aint no guru, I just work here ;-)

a couple questions:

1) do you have multiple file systems mounted on your machine?

(assuming #1 true):

2) is it possile that your 'df' only measured the free space on that 
specific file system? (assuming UA/Admin did the same)

your 'du /' would have given you the usage for the entire directory 
structure (all filesystems).  there could be an inconsistancy here.

this difference could create the image of a missing 5 MB.

I run uport V/at w/ a 40 meg HD at home.  Installation created 2
filesystems on the disk: the root ('/') which is ~10MB, and the 
second file system is mounted as '/usr' off of the root directory.

this ratio ( 10MB/30MB ) sounds familiar ( 5MB/15MB on your machine )
so you may wish to check this.

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