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If you have KDE installed, System Tools -> More System Tools -> KDiskFree (or kdf in terminal) will show you partitions listed in fstab, with used/free space. There are also similar utilities in Gnome.
If I am right? fdisk command and other system commands reside in /sbin and you are getting this error as that particular directory is not in your path.
I would assume its just an access restriction. You wouldn't want your users being able to partition the hard drive in a professional environment.
Try typing su, then give the root account password to elevate your access rights, after that type fdisk -l, it shoudl run. Then exit by typing exit after your done, to resume your normal user status.
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