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Operating Systems Linux Ubuntu device size mismatch after mounting Post 302330309 by rac_oradba on Tuesday 30th of June 2009 08:10:45 PM

06-30-2009

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device size mismatch after mounting

Hi,
I have a created a logical partition sda5 in ubuntu server 9.0.4.
which is
Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00053d78

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 1216 9767488+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 1217 1702 3903795 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda3 1703 30401 230524717+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 1703 30401 230524686 83 Linux

formatted the device as mkfs -t ext3 /dev/sda5
then i mounted it on to a directory which belongs to root user.

once I mounted the /dev/sda5 device on to a local directory.
I am seeing that the filesystem size is way too difference than what i have created.
/dev/sda5 10325748 1098212 8703016 12% /var/lib/vmware/vmwarehosts

Can somebody please let me know where i am going wrong here. why am i not seeing the full 230 gigs which shows in fdisk.

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dev

dev(7FS)							   File Systems 							  dev(7FS)

NAME

       dev - Device name file system

DESCRIPTION

       The  dev  filesystem  manages  the  name  spaces  of devices under the Solaris operating environment. The global zone's instance of the dev
       filesystem is mounted during boot on /dev.

       A subdirectory under /dev may have unique operational semantics. Most of the common device names under /dev are	created  automatically	by
       devfsadm(1M).   Others,	such  as  /dev/pts,  are dynamic and reflect the operational state of the system. You can manually generate device
       names for newly attached hardware by invoking devfsadm(1M) or implicitly, by indirectly causing	a  lookup  or  readdir	operation  in  the
       filesystem to occur.  For example, you can discover a disk that was attached when the system was powered down (and generate a name for that
       device) by invoking format(1M)).

FILES

       /dev    Mount point for the /dev filesystem in the global zone.

SEE ALSO

       devfsadm(1M), format(1M), devfs(7FS)

NOTES

       The global /dev instance cannot be unmounted.

SunOS 5.11							    9 June 2006 							  dev(7FS)