Re: Linux command to display total disk capacity

From: Marin Dimitrov <marin.dimitrov_at_sirma.bg>
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2002 08:13:32 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.0041FA4E.20020305081332@fatcity.com>

• Original Message -----

> Does someone know what command can be used to display total capacity of
disk
> drive? I can use command "df -k" but it breaks partitions apart so I have
> to add them up. I need command just display a total.
>

for an IDE drive do:

cat /proc/ide/xxx/capacity

...where xxx is the disk drive u're interested in (hda, hdb,...). The size returned is in 512b blocks

for SCSI it's not that easy

hth,

    Marin

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