<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here --> ]> <article lang="&language;"> <title>Partition Information</title> <articleinfo> <authorgroup> <author>&Matthias.Hoelzer-Kluepfel;</author> <author>&Helge.Deller;</author> <author>&Duncan.Haldane;</author> <author>&Mike.McBride;</author> <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> </authorgroup> <date>2002-02-12</date> <releaseinfo>3.00.00</releaseinfo> <keywordset> <keyword>KDE</keyword> <keyword>KControl</keyword> <keyword>drive partition</keyword> <keyword>system information</keyword> </keywordset> </articleinfo> <sect1> <title>Partition Information</title> <para>This page displays information about partitions on your hard drives.</para> <note><para>The exact information displayed is system-dependent. On some systems, partition information cannot be displayed yet.</para></note> <para>On &Linux;, this information is read from <filename class="devicefile">/proc/partitions</filename>, which is only available if the <filename class="directory">/proc</filename> pseudo-filesystem is compiled into the (2.1.x or later) kernel.</para> <para>The first two columns are the major and minor numbers respectively. The third column is the number of blocks (usually 1 block = 1024 bytes). The fourth column is a label for the device.</para> <para>The user cannot modify any settings on this page.</para> </sect1> </article>