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Subject: Re: Inconsistency in root partition size
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On Monday 07 September 2009 20:54:51 jaymax wrote:

> > mach_1# df -k
> > Filesystem  1K-blocks      Used    Avail Capacity  Mounted on
> > /dev/ad0s1a    507630    407384    59636    87%    /
> > devfs               1         1        0   100%    /dev
> > /dev/ad0s1e    505646     14212   450984     3%    /tmp
> > /dev/ad0s1f  36205990  25759138  7550374    77%    /usr
> > /dev/ad1s1e  74696394   9836586 58884098    14%    /disk02
> > /dev/ad4s1d 376405390 252115006 94177954    73%    /disk03
> > devfs               1         1        0   100%    /usr/var/named/dev
> > mach_1# cd /
> > mach_1# du -xhc

> >  43M    total
>
> Do these look normal or average, compare total with df - k output of
> /dev/ad0s1a
> I don't quite know what next to do

Did you do the du without anything mounted? Cause you have the df output with 
mounts.
If you can't find the missing space, then I suggest making a backup of / with 
dump(8), booting from livefs and restoring the dump. The dump should not be in 
the 390M range, rather in the 40-50M range.
-- 
Mel