[nmglug] hard disk usage

[Ed Brown]

I read something recently, and thought of you, that said BIOS's can be 
responsible for inaccurate disk size reporting.  I don't think that 
explains Baobab's contradictions though.

BrianO'Keefe wrote:
> Actually, Baobab says I have 2.7GB remaining at the same time as it
> shows 13GB used. doesn't add up to 14.9GB.
> I see that mozilla in my home directory is using 826.8MB and obj-firefox
> in that directory is using 335.5MB. Is that normal? I knew Mozilla and
> firefox were big but this seems extraordinary. Beagle's eating 527MB
> too. Maybe I should dump it. It only works occasionally anyway.
> 
> BrianO'Keefe wrote:
>> In trying to determine why my HD is down to 2GB remaining I used
>> Kdirstat, Baobab and du.
>> On volume /:
>> Baobab says disk usage is 10.73 GB
>> Kdirstat says 13.2GB used
>> du says 13 GB used
>> Nautilus says 2GB remaining of 14.9GB available
>>
>> I only do updates as they come along and except for some photos and docs
>> created and me constantly winnowing out outdated stuff my disk space
>> just gets eaten up.
>> Maybe I just complaining but hey! It's a slow day
>>
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