Where is my 2G? - Ubuntu BUG

[Kim Hawtin]

Brian Astill wrote:
> So far, I have:
> 	ls -lar | grep hdb7
> 	fdisk -L
> 	lsof | grep deleted
> 	mount    mount -a      mount 
> 	tune2fs -l /dev/hdb7
> 	used Baobab to search for .Trash and
> 	examine the filesystem.
> The only odd thing is that baobab lists BOTH /home and  /mnt/hdb7 
> as if they are separate items, thereby falsely reporting the 
> total size.  No other output indicates any problem.
> 
> "Where is my 2G? - MC" describes the original cause of the present 
> situation.
> 
> I hoped that a reboot would "free up" hda2, but when I logged on 
> Dapper complained that it had no space to write to the 
> authentication file.  OK - a bit clumsy, but OK.
> So, using Freesbie live CD, I copied the contents of /home 
> to /mnt/hdb7, deleted the /home on hda2, and edited /etc/fstab to 
> point /home to /dev/hdb7, then rebooted.
> Dapper then complained I did not have a home directory!  THAT 
> should not happen!  
> Clearly, Dapper did NOT look at /etc/fstab until AFTER login!
> The proof of this came when I copied all the hidden (dot) files 
> from /home to /dev/hdb7 to /home on hda2.  In that condition, on 
> reboot I had the setup I wanted AND when I looked at /home it 
> listed all the hidden AND unhidden data which was on hdb7! 
> IMHO, That indicates a BUG.  Dapper should look at /etc/fstab 
> BEFORE login, NOT after!
>   
> Perhaps there is a workaround?

are you using LVM and volume labels?

cheers,

Kim
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Operating Systems, Services and Operations
Information Technology Services, The University of Adelaide
kim.hawtin at adelaide.edu.au