On Sun, 2005-06-05 at 09:40 -0500, akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > On Sun, Jun 05, 2005 at 10:07:36AM -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 05, 2005 at 02:35:21PM +0200, Andy Pieters wrote: > > > df -m > > > Filesystem 1M-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > > > /dev/shm 505 0 505 0% /dev/shm > > > > > > Seems like 505Mb here > > > > Look at the "Used" column -- it's 0Mb. > > > I agree that the ramdisk is not a problem but the df -m does not show > anything to make you feel better. It tells us that 505 Mb are being > taken up by the partition but none of it is being used. One might ask > why am I giving up 505Mb of my disk if none of it is being used. It doesn't say that though; the device is /dev/shm, which is *not* part of your disk. Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
