How to determine number of blocks for a partition

rcmonroig · 07-01-2010, 04:52 AM

Hi,

Can someone explain how to determine the number of blocks to determine the number of cylinders for a new partition on hard drive.

Why is block size divided by 1024?

I think I understand unit size is the total bytes per cylinder, I get that. I understand the anatomy of the hard drive (i.e. heads, sectors, cylinders.

My problem is, if I need to calculate the number of cylinders needed for let's say a 20G partition on a 120G drive.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Ron

subho.d · 07-01-2010, 05:27 AM

hi ;
Do this

Quote:

#df -i