partition space and disk space usage and free don't match

nsic · 09-21-2008, 10:22 PM

when i command cfdisk this is the result :

Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB)
sda1 Boot Primary Linux ReiserFS 7994.98
sda5 Logical Linux swap 592.23

when i command df this is the result :

Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 3903620 3511988 391632 90% /

hope u guys can help me. im running out of space now. by the way im running a vmware on windows xp. thanks.

pixellany · 09-21-2008, 10:38 PM

I get 38753256 total space using df, and 39062016 total space using fdisk -l. I think the difference has to do with overhead in the filesystem.

In your case, the big difference suggests something wrong with the filesystem. Did you, for example, re-size that partition? Can you boot from live CD, or another OS, and run fsck?

nsic · 09-22-2008, 01:02 AM

before i install the slackware i created 2 partitions. but i changed it to 1.
when i command fsck this the result.
fsck 1.39 (29-May-2006).