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From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
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On 2007-05-02 12:26, David Banning <david@skytracker.ca> wrote:
>Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
>> A lot of the features related to file sizes and other attributes of
>> the files stored on a disk depend highly on the type of file system
>> used on the disk.
>> 
>> What file system does the destination directory live in?
> 
> originally my problem was with a dedicated ide (on ide cable in machine)
> secondary mounted drive - 300G
> 
> I tried it in /usr with same results.

The disk type isn't really what I asked about.  Is your /usr file system
mounted from UFS (I haven't kept all the messages of the thread, so I
don't remember from the df output; please excuse my short memory, if
I'm repeating a question already answered).