Subject: Re: Quickie question regarding 40GB drive/1.5 (missing half)
To: Nigel Reed <nigel@nelgin.nu>
From: Rick Kelly <rmk@toad.rmkhome.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 04/16/2001 21:05:13
Nigel Reed said:

>The clue is in the question.
>
>How about...one is reported in 1K blocks and the other is
>reported in 512 byte blocks (ie 1/2 K blocks) ie, you'll see
>twice as many 512 byte blocks as you would 1K blocks (since 1K is
>1024 bytes)

And if a normal user puts:

BLOCKSIZE=1k; export BLOCKSIZE

in his/her .profile, then df and others will use 1k blocks.

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Rick Kelly  rmk@rmkhome.com  www.rmkhome.com