Re: Where has all my HD space gone?

[zzzz <nospam [at] zapata.freeserve.co.uk>]

Foz wrote:
> 
> Hi,
>         It puzzles me that I install 650Mb of software on a 750Mb drive,
> and I have zilch free space. Where has 100Mb  disappeared to, I
> can only presume it is to do with ext2 fs, but to lose 100Mb out of
> 750Mb space I would consider rather inefficient. Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> -- 
> Paul Aspinall - Manchester Metropolitan Uni

Did you copy 650 MB of data, or have you installed 650MB of rpm or
tar.gz software?
This makes a lot of difference, as rpm & tar.gz unpack to bigger
files.

Jules
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