I figured it out! I think /dev/sda2 is my swap. It seems /dev/sda3 is the partition I just created. I rebooted and ran df and everything was there. Then a thought happened (a rare thing) and I umounted the devices and they were no longer shown with df. so I learned something new. or perhaps I just relearned it. :-)~MIKE~(-: On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Mike Ballon wrote: > Did you mount format /dev/sda2, mount it as something? udev is just the > device manager > > > On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 2:59 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > >> I type in 'df' to see what it reports as free space but the new partition >> I created (/dev/sda2) isn't listed. I then typoe in 'df /dev/sda2' and it >> says the filesystem is udev. Some questions: what do they mean by udev? and >> Why isn't it listed as /dev/sda2? Also, how should I get it to list >> properly? Does this perhaps mean I should reboot? >> >> bmike1@Presario-CQ57:/media/bmike1/b956bfb0-9bb1-4288-a5a0-d08b6e0145fb$ >> df >> Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on >> /dev/sda1 11963960 5836284 5496892 52% / >> none 4 0 4 0% /sys/fs/cgroup >> udev 805300 4 805296 1% /dev >> tmpfs 164156 1328 162828 1% /run >> none 5120 0 5120 0% /run/lock >> none 820772 10460 810312 2% /run/shm >> none 102400 36 102364 1% /run/user >> /dev/sda6 50264772 32493124 15195264 69% /home >> /dev/sda8 51765860 13959272 35153916 29% >> /media/bmike1/b956bfb0-9bb1-4288-a5a0-d08b6e0145fb >> /dev/sda7 85924248 30300452 51235956 38% >> /media/bmike1/entertainment >> bmike1@Presario-CQ57:/media/bmike1/b956bfb0-9bb1-4288-a5a0-d08b6e0145fb$ >> df /dev/sda2 >> Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on >> udev 805300 4 805296 1% /dev >> bmike1@Presario-CQ57:/media/bmike1/b956bfb0-9bb1-4288-a5a0-d08b6e0145fb$ >> >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >