Saddletramp Posted July 16, 2006 Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 i guess this is pretty general chit chat/everything linux type stuff, so i'm posting here. Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 764 6136798+ 83 Linux /dev/hda2 765 2434 13414275 5 Extended /dev/hda5 765 904 1124518+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/hda6 905 2434 12289693+ 83 Linux i'm looking for an explanation, in simple english terms, as to why mandriva installs like this when it's the only os installed and how do i interpret this? how much free space do i actually have? thank you [moved from Everything Linux by spinynorman] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexter11 Posted July 16, 2006 Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 Use the df command to know about free space on your HDs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saddletramp Posted July 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 duh!! still learning the commands, for sure! thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 you should use the -h switch to make it easier to read: df -h Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 (edited) Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System/dev/hda1 * 1 764 6136798+ 83 Linux <---This is probably your / partition /dev/hda2 765 2434 13414275 5 Extended <---This is the extended partition that holds /dev/hda5 and /dev/hda6. You need this because you can only have a limited number of primary partitions. /dev/hda5 765 904 1124518+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris <---This is a special swap partition. Windows uses a swap file and Linux uses a swap partition /dev/hda6 905 2434 12289693+ 83 Linux <---This probably /home partition, which is a good idea to have because you can reinstall or upgrade and choose not to format this partition, which saves all your users' configs for their programs. You can, of course, tell more from the df -a command, comparing it to this. Edited July 17, 2006 by Steve Scrimpshire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexter11 Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 you should use the -h switch to make it easier to read: df -h IIRC in Mandriva "df" is aliased to "df -h" so no need the separtate -h. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neddie Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 Also, there's a great graphical way to see where all the space is being used up, called filelight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 Or, if under KDE desktop, simply press alt+F2 and then kdf (KDE's graphical implementation of df). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 IIRC in Mandriva "df" is aliased to "df -h" so no need the separtate -h. I haven't used df in mandriva for some time :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowator Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 Its also good practice, for instance if you do a su instead of su - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexter11 Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 Yet another method is Konqueror's FSview. View\viewmode\FSview (this was translated back from Hungarian so the original English might be different). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helmut Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 What's wrong with KDiskFree? Helmut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 What's wrong with KDiskFree?Helmut Nothing really, but it's the same as "kdf" which I mentioned earlier... :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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