To see Megs in df use this: df -m If you df -k you're seeing 1k blocks or size in k.
Also, you're not changing anything with df you are simply viewing. <<JAV>> ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Robert Vaughn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: RedHat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 12:34:16 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Blocks and block size > I am experiencing some confusion over blocks in Linux. > > In one document, > http://www.europe.redhat.com/documentation/mini- HOWTO/Partition/recovering.php3 > it shows that blocks are based on disk geometry > including heads and sectors. > > When I run df I see a reference to 1K blocks. > > Linux reports disk performance using blocks/sec in > most cases rather than the more familiar MB/s. Try > running "df" or "iostat" and looking at the results. > > The man page for SAR reports that with -b that "A > transfer is of indeterminate size." With the -d > switch are told that "A block is of indeterminate > size." > > Here are my questions... > Are the blocks mentioned in df different from blocks > related to disk geometry? > > How and why in df would you change or set the block > size? > > How do I find out definitivly what the actual size is > in blocks or MBs? > > Thanks, > Robert > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list ------- End of Original Message ------- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
