apps/doc/kinfocenter/partitions/index.docbook

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   9 <title>Partition Information</title>
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  11
  12 <authorgroup>
  13 <author>&Matthias.Hoelzer-Kluepfel;</author>
  14 <author>&Helge.Deller;</author>
  15 <author>&Duncan.Haldane;</author>
  16 <author>&Mike.McBride;</author>
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  19
  20 <date>2002-02-12</date>
  21 <releaseinfo>3.00.00</releaseinfo>
  22
  23 <keywordset>
  24 <keyword>KDE</keyword>
  25 <keyword>KControl</keyword>
  26 <keyword>drive partition</keyword>
  27 <keyword>system information</keyword>
  28 </keywordset>
  29 </articleinfo>
  30
  31 <sect1>
  32 <title>Partition Information</title>
  33
  34 <para>This page displays information about partitions on your hard
  35 drives.</para>
  36
  37 <note><para>The exact information displayed is system-dependent.  On
  38 some systems, partition information cannot be displayed
  39 yet.</para></note>
  40
  41 <para>On &Linux;, this information is read from <filename
  42 class="devicefile">/proc/partitions</filename>, which is only available
  43 if the <filename class="directory">/proc</filename> pseudo-filesystem is
  44 compiled into the (2.1.x or later) kernel.</para>
  45
  46 <para>The first two columns are the major and minor numbers
  47 respectively.  The third column is the number of blocks (usually 1
  48 block = 1024 bytes).  The fourth column is a label for the
  49 device.</para>
  50
  51 <para>The user cannot modify any settings on this page.</para>
  52
  53 </sect1>
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