Re: [Fwd: Fedora 4 maxtor 160Gb 30 gb missing;]

From: Jeff Vian (jvian10_at_charter.net)
Date: 10/29/05

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    To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com>, mircobeaker@hotpop.com
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 08:15:08 -0500

    On Sat, 2005-10-29 at 08:31 +0100, Mirco Scaramucci wrote:
    > I ran /sbin/mke2fs -m /dev/hda1 and this is the output I got:
    >
    > [root@localhost mirco]# /sbin/mke2fs -m /dev/hda1
    > mke2fs: invalid reserved blocks percent - /dev/hda1
    >
    >
    > What does that mean?
    >
    >
    You forgot to put in the percentage you wanted.
    Try /sbin/mke2fs -m 2 /dev/hda1

    man mke2fs is your friend.

    > Mirco
    > email message attachment, "Forwarded message - Fedora 4 maxtor 160Gb
    > 30 gb missing;"
    > On Sat, 2005-10-29 at 08:31 +0100, Mirco Scaramucci wrote:
    > > hello guys,
    > > I just purchased a brand new maxtor 160Gb harddrive where I installed
    > > fedora core 4 and the drive was fully recognized by anaconda during
    > > installation as a 160Gb.
    > > Installation went all ok but when I first logged in to my account and
    > > checked the available space on disk i noticed that strangely the space
    > > available was only 135Gb meaning that approx 30Gb were not counted in.
    > > I then upgraded to kernel 2.6.13.1-1532.FC4 hoping to regain the missing
    > > space but still no sign of it.
    > > I therefore installed QTPArted and checked what the situation was and
    > > funny enough the LVM on qtparted is recognized as 160Gb.
    > > I also have a 40Gb external HD connected via USB which is fully
    > > recognized.
    > >
    > > What has happened to the remaining 30GB on the MAxtor HD?
    > >
    > > Thanks
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