[ale] unallocated space

[Zyman, Andy]

Joseph,
thank You for input.
But, and you are right here, df returns space in "filesystem". But i don't
have a fs there. it's unallocated "raw" space. I'm thinking maybe mkfs will
help me? But it creates fs on partition and this not (?) a partition....


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph A. Knapka [mailto:jknapka at earthlink.net]
> Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 2:29 PM
> To: Zyman, Andy
> Cc: 'ale at ale.org'
> Subject: Re: [ale] unallocated space
> 
> 
> "Zyman, Andy" wrote:
> > 
> > Hello,
> > very simple question for you:
> > how can i see the amount of unallocated space under Linux?
> 
> From a shell, run
> df
> ("disk free") to see the amount of free space on all filesystems.
> 
> -- Joe
> 
> > problem:
> > I have hd for 40 gb. I have Nt and rh73 installed. I need 
> more space in
> > /home to install Oracle9i. I found "parted". Which might ( 
> i don't know yet
> > ) add or expand the partition.
> > the problem is that it asks not for how much space i want 
> to add but for
> > starting/ending sectors/segments ( don't remember right now ).
> > so now i need to find out where the unused space is. And i 
> just don't know
> > how to do this.
> > Another problem - it ( parted ) asks not for mb i want to 
> add but for ( i
> > think ) segments, so i have to know where the space is...
> > any help?
> > 
> > P.S. on top of this i was trying to find where is the disk 
> druid ( i liked
> > it gui interface, was very convenient for me ), but failed...
> > Please advice.
> > 
> > Thank You
> >  Andy
> > 
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