"jdow" <jdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > From: "Harry Putnam" <hgp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> But its often the case when one needs fdisk that not much else is >> available so I wondered if there is a handy way to convert the Blocks >> shown above into Bytes, or at least some rough approximation? > > Divide the number of blocks by 2 to get the number of 1024 byte "kilo > bytes" there are on the disk. Thanks Jo, I must be doing something wrong here: fdisk: /dev/hda8 1433 1503 570276 83 Linux df -h /dev/hda8 548M 99M 422M 19% /var In this picture 570276 blocks equals 548M. I realize the 548M may not be very accurate. I've forgotten if df shows the MB after what is reserved for emergency and etc. But it is at least sort of close. 570276 / 2 = 285138 Then am I right in thinking dividing 285138 by 1024 will give MB? 285138 / 1024 = 278.455MB Which is only about half. Maybe just divide the Blocks by 1024 to get MB? 570276 / 1024 = 556.91MB Or did I get your reply confused?
