Hard Drive Space

[Lorin Pino]

Richard Brown wrote:
> Hi
>
> What commands do I use to tell me how much hard drive space I have available 
> please? And is there a useful site that I can go to that might list these 
> commands please?
>
> Also, I am about to load two 250 gig hard drives and also a sound card onto my 
> system. I have an 80 gig hard drive already. Will Ubuntu detect the new 
> drives automatically and how do I then add the space as hard drive space. 
> What I would like to do is to use them to store dvds, music and photos.
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Rich
>
>   
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/linux-tutorials-howtos-reference-material/1135-guide-people-new-linux-command-line.html
You will have to scroll down a ways to get to "disk free space" and 
"disk usage" commands.

http://www.downloadfreetrial.com/linux/Linux-Cookbook/cookbook_toc.html
What you are after is way down the index at chapter 25.

Or, in Ubuntu, you can System>Administration>Disks and click on the 
partitions tab for a GUI solution.
~Lorin