On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Matt Iavarone <matt.iavarone at gmail.com> wrote: > > This is typical. There were probably files deleted from the file > system that are still in use by a process. Restarting the process > will release the files and df and du will jive. > That argument only holds until you reach the point in the email where he said this: > I rebooted on the CentOS v4.8 CD #1, started "linux rescue" : After the reboot that would be taken care of, so that's not the issue here.