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<title>Partition Information</title>
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<authorgroup>
<author>&Matthias.Hoelzer-Kluepfel;</author>
<author>&Helge.Deller;</author>
<author>&Duncan.Haldane;</author>
<author>&Mike.McBride;</author>
<othercredit role="translator"><firstname>Malcolm</firstname><surname>Hunter</surname><affiliation><address><email>malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email></address></affiliation><contrib>Conversion to British English</contrib></othercredit> 
</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>