From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 26 15:41:51 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 609E616A4DD for ; Sat, 26 Aug 2006 15:41:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kyrreny@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1smout1.broadpark.no (osl1smout1.broadpark.no [80.202.4.58]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E52FB43D46 for ; Sat, 26 Aug 2006 15:41:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kyrreny@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1sminn1.broadpark.no ([80.202.4.59]) by osl1smout1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0J4M00DF13LPV320@osl1smout1.broadpark.no> for questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 26 Aug 2006 17:41:49 +0200 (CEST) Received: from suria.broadpark.no ([80.203.212.30]) by osl1sminn1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0J4M0035R3LJZ930@osl1sminn1.broadpark.no> for questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 26 Aug 2006 17:41:49 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 17:41:43 +0200 From: Kyrre =?iso-8859-1?Q?Nyg=E5rd?= To: questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <7.0.1.0.2.20060826173215.02368db0@broadpark.no> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.0.1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Cc: Subject: Why does a 15.5gb partition show up as 500MB? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 15:41:51 -0000 Hello, When mounting the 15,5GB root partition of an old 17GB ATA harddrive, df -h tells me it is only 479MB. This is what I did: I installed FreeBSD on the 17GB ATA harddrive, so I later could copy some files onto it from my main 150GB S-ATA. The plan is to retire the 17GB ATA at this Pentium 133MHz over at the form. So I plugged the 17GB ATA into my Pentium 3,2GHz's DVD-ROM IDE cable, which is the only IDE cable available other than that of my DVD-RW. I installed FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE using the network install via boot floppies. I made a 1500MB swap partition, and the remaining 15,5GB into root /. I know jamming all that space into one single partition is a big no no, but for this purpose I let it slide. FreeBSD, minimum installatino, installed without any difficulties. Then it was time to copy the files I needed from the 150GB S-ATA. I can only boot the 150GB S-ATA, the 17GB ATA doesn't want to boot as long as the 150GB S-ATA is attached. I managed to mount the 17GB ATA, however df -h informs me that it is only 479MB? How can this be? It might be a geometry issue, yeah? But how do I fix it? Thanks, Kyrre