Checking my partitions

[Scotty]

Probably a silly question, but which tool do I need to check the partition sizes of my harddrive, to make sure I installed correctly?
Kinfo doesnt give that data.

[Qqmike]

Re: Checking my partitions

From Konsole (a terminal, I think under K-Menu > System > Konsole ?):
Type:
sudo fdisk -lu
Press Enter.

(-lu is "l" as in "list" and "u" as in "units")
1 unit = 512 Bytes = 1 sector (so you can read total sectors and multiply by 512 Bytes/Sector).


Or, get (free) and run GParted Live CD to see things.

Or, install GParted in Kubuntu (through Adept -- search gparted, request install)

*** Or, maybe GParted is already there (I think it is in 7.04)!
Check K - System - Gnome Partition Editor, or K - Utilities.


Edit (I forgot this one!):
Here's another useful command (at Konsole):

df -h -T
Tells you:
How much drive space is left? It will give you all the info you need.
partition, file format, size, used, unused, available, percent used, mount point.


(At Konsole, if things don't go, do it again typing sudo before each command if there's a permissions issue, as in sudo fdisk -lu.)

[Scotty]

Re: Checking my partitions

Hi

df -h -T did the trick. It was a bit worrying at first as the headers dont line up with the columns and I thought I only had 3.5gb of free space. Turned out thats the used space.

Looks like the install went as planned.

[marshallbanana]

Re: Checking my partitions

try qtparted instead of gparted as its just an adaptation of it for kde

also if you are just checking your free space of a drive just rightclick in any folder and go to properties and it will tell you

[Qqmike]

Re: Checking my partitions

"try qtparted instead of gparted as its just an adaptation of it for kde"

Oops ... that would be a minority opinion on this forum and elsewhere.
There's been so so so many problems reported by users and bloggers of QtParted, the consensus is clearly in favor of GParted. You can safely use GParted for everything -- internal drives, external USB HDDs, and flash drives (UFDs), and it is so so so easy to use.

[Scotty]

Re: Checking my partitions

Ive had Gparted on a cd for a while now, but have got used to using it for partition deleting prior to trying something new. Can I run that from within Kubuntu for information?

[Qqmike]

Re: Checking my partitions

Yes. I believe starting with 7.04, GParted is included with Kubuntu (somewhere under K-Menu > System (or utilitiies) > Gnome Partition Editor). If it's not there, you can install it. Open Adept Package Manager, enter gparted in the Search window, select "request install" and get it that way.