where is my missing 16gb !!

[tonygold]

first off i apologise if this is a really basic question, but having only used windows before, i bought on ebay an asus eeepc900 running the standard software of linux listed as eeepc 1.1.0.66, bios version 0601. (is their any advantage in updating the bios, what would this do?)
i love it actually!!
but...........it is the 20gb version with a solid state harddrive (so it says on the box) and 1gb of ram shipped originally april 08 (according to box label).

1. when i went to check my free disc space in the settings tab under 'disk utility' the primary drive shows total disc space of 3730mb with 966mb available. the 'extra drive' tab is greyed out as if it doesn't exist.
where is the further 16gb of storage and how can i view the usage and free space available. on advice i checked the bios and good news..... it is there.
on IDE slave tab it shows device: hard disk
vendor: asus - phison ssd
size: 16.1gb

so how can i tell whats available to use for storage and is it accessed automatically when the 4gb drive is filled up??


2. as a side issue, how do i download and install a net usage meter so that i can check how much of my capped allowance i still have? i will be using a vodafone payg dongle and i understand their usage meter only works on windows.
many thanks for your help and sorry if these questions seem daft but i'm new to this!!!!!!!

[devils casper]

so how can i tell whats available to use for storage and is it accessed automatically when the 4gb drive is filled up??

Open Terminal and execute this

df -h
fdisk -l

Post output here.

* Its small L in fdisk -l.

2. as a side issue, how do i download and install a net usage meter so that i can check how much of my capped allowance i still have? i will be using a vodafone payg dongle and i understand their usage meter only works on windows.

There are a lot of Network Monitor Applications available. Check this list.

[tonygold]

many thanks for reply but i do not recognise the character at the end of your instruction: fdisk -l
i tried using a lower case L but it reported back 'bash' as if it did not recognise that command???
thanks in advance

[devils casper]

My mistake ! You must have root privileges to execute fdisk command.
Execute this

sudo fdisk -l

In case it doesn't work, execute this

su -
fdisk -l

[tonygold]

My mistake ! You must have root privileges to execute fdisk command.
Execute this

sudo fdisk -l

In case it doesn't work, execute this

su -
fdisk -l

thanks again. the first command works. how do i copy the results to post on here for you to see please?

[tonygold]

thanks again. the first command works. how do i copy the results to post on here for you to see please?

right
found out how to paste itb here. this is what its telling me after the command you requested:

/home/user> sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 4034 MB, 4034838528 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 490 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 300 2409718+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 301 488 1510110 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 489 489 8032+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sda4 490 490 8032+ ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)

Disk /dev/sdb: 16.1 GB, 16139354112 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1962 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 1962 15759733+ 83 Linux
/home/user>

does this help you?
thanks

[oz]

The missing 16GB is showing to be in sdb according to your post.

[tonygold]

The missing 16GB is showing to be in sdb according to your post.

hi ozar
i'm really new to linux. what exactly does 'The missing 16GB is showing to be in sdb according to your post.'
is this normal and how dom i use this extra 16gb?
thanks for your help.

[HROAdmin26]

The output shows /dev/sda is one drive and /dev/sdb is another drive. The total in the machine is showing 4GB + 16GB = 20GB.

The 16GB drive has a partition created and may already be mounted and available for use.

What does mount show?

sudo mount

[yancek]

Your fdisk output shows

Disk /dev/sda: 4034 MB, 4034838528 bytes

That means the first drive seen is sda at 4034MB. Then you have sdb at 16GB which is a separate physical drive. You didn't indicate which distribution of Linux you are using but you need to have a mount point and need to mount the sdb drive if your operating system is on sda. You can log in to a terminal and run this command:

sudo mkdir /mnt/sdb (hit the enter key)
then: mount -t ext3 /dev/sdb /mnt/sdb/

Not sure if the ext3 is correct for the filesystem because I don't know which distribution you are using?