How do I convert 'blocks' to GB

[wanderingarcticfox]

After running fdisk -l and getting my out-put of my drive how do I convert "Blocks" to Gigabytes?

[dibl]

Re: How do I convert 'blocks' to GB

If you run fdisk -l or fdisk -lu, (and depending on the design and low-level format of your hard drive or SSD), you will see something like this:

Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

That is the smallest storage unit that is addressable by your drive. So 1 sector = 512 bytes = 1 block.

2 blocks = 1024 bytes = 1Kbyte
2048 blocks = 1,048,576 bytes = 1MB
2,097,152 blocks = 1,073,741,824 bytes = 1GB

or so I claim.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylinder-head-sector

[wanderingarcticfox]

Re: How do I convert 'blocks' to GB

thank you very much