> Hm...
> 
> I guess that I can, after reading the above and reflecting, 
> see why it might have been set up for df to report the way 
> that it does.
> 
> Thanks for the pointer.  (^&
> 
> 
> Still leaves me stuck for putting -current on the laptop.  
> Should I just bite the bullet, make a -current CD with my own 
> kernel in tow, and go that route?

I'm not quite sure that the -current binaries will work flawlessly with
an old kernel, I've run into trouble trying that. But you won't know
unless you try it. =)

// Thomas