how to see unallocated hard disk space on linux
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Answer / uma
[root@station4 ~]# parted
GNU Parted 1.8.1
Using /dev/hdb
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) print
Model: ST380215A (ide)
Disk /dev/hdb: 80.0GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 8225kB 26.2GB 26.2GB primary boot
2 26.2GB 26.4GB 206MB primary ext3
3 26.4GB 28.5GB 2097MB primary linux-swap
4 28.5GB 80.0GB 51.5GB extended
5 28.5GB 44.3GB 15.7GB logical ext3
(parted)q
The parted command displays the total size of the disk & the
space allocated to partitions. The remaining space (size)
not allocated to partitions is the unallocated space
OR
# fdisk -l ==> to view the size of the disk
# df -h ==> to view the size of the partitions
The remaining (balance) size is the unallocated size
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Answer / john
Took clue from Answer 4,
In RHEL 5.5, I used:
parted /dev/sda print all free
This listed all partitions detailed, with free space available.
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 14 Yes | 4 No |
Answer / colin
answer 4 i found very good even give you options if you can
work it out as witten starting with ROOT@FREESPIER # key i
got myself in to the shell root terminal first wich i acssed
right clik on the small shell screen on the bottom of my
tool bar
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 1 Yes | 3 No |
Answer / mohan
Answer is #fdisk -l or #fdisk -l /dev/device_name (hda,sda etc.)
and Total Cylinders and Used cylinders.
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 1 Yes | 5 No |
Answer / colin
SORRY IN REGARDS TO QUESTION 7 I SHOULD HAVE SEID
FDISK -1/DEV/CCISS/c0d0 GOOD LUCK NOT PART OF THE COMAND
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 1 Yes | 6 No |
Answer / khaire somnath vaman
# ls -lh (to see how much space are remain)
# cat /proc/partation
(to see space of hard disc)
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 2 Yes | 12 No |
df -h /dev/devicename
device name could be hda,sda
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 24 Yes | 36 No |
Answer / mayilvahanan
using parted command, we can see unallocated hard disk space
parted /dev/cciss/c0d0 print
from abobe device could be sda, hda as per our attached hdd.
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 5 Yes | 17 No |
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