Messages in this thread |  | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: cdrom: "df" != real size ? | Date | 29 May 1996 19:37:37 GMT |
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In article <199605282344.BAA13986@wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at>, Herbert Rosmanith <herp@wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at> wrote: > >hi, > >when I type df I see: > >venus:~# df >Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on >/dev/hda2 985329 493077 441348 53% / >/dev/scd0 94 94 0 100% /cdrom > >this does mean that there are 94x1024x1024 bytes = 94MB on CD? >or is this wrong ? I guess so, because when I tar the whole thing, >I'll see: >
It actually means 94x1024 bytes = 94K, which is clearly wrong. However, my understanding is that there is no firm guarantees that the volume size on the CD has any connection with reality.
-hpa
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