[olug] df not reporting what I expect

Terence Bradshaw tbradshaw at tconl.com
Fri Mar 28 03:56:49 UTC 2003


On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 21:47, Daniel Pfile wrote:
> Hmm ok, maybe I'm wrong about how either df reports the size, or how 
> manufacturers report their drive sizes.
> 
> -- Daniel

I just happened to run across the -H option in the man page for df.

It seems to be yet another case of manufacturers inflating facts... kind
of like max speeds on CD drives and wattage ratings on speakers.

-- 
Terence Bradshaw <tbradshaw at tconl.com>



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