Size of hard disk

[ran_sushmi]

I have a doubt with how to find the size of the hard disk of my server with RHEL 4.0(linux) which is hosting our 10g database. I tried, I feel the commands like 'du -kh' give only the space used but not the total size of the hard disk. I have a doubt that there is some space on the hard drive which is not used, it is like un-used. As per my estimate, the hard disk estimate should be around 550 MB but the df -kh command only shows around 475 MB, so the other space may be un-mounted.

I hope, my question is clear.

Please, help in solving the doubt.

regards

[sed_addictive]

you need to use the fdisk command

[ran_sushmi]

thanks, for your answer. But, fdisk command is not helpful. It will be appreciated if you can help me with the complete details as per my question.

[sed_addictive]

try this - fdisk (device name)
fdisk command line: type "p" to print the partition table
at the top of the result, you will see the actual hard disk size but it will be in bytes, you need to do your math to arrive at MB or GB

[Lakshmipathi]

As pointed by sed_addictive using -l option

fdisk -l /dev/device

[ran_sushmi]

thanks, for your answer. In my scenario, I want to utilize the space which may not be shown by the 'df' command which is like un-mounted as I am running short on space.

[devils casper]

Have you clean cache of Package Manager?

yum clean all

Lets check if your disk has unpartitioned/free space. Post the output fdisk -l command here.

[sed_addictive]

As pointed by sed_addictive using -l option

fdisk -l /dev/device

thank you so much for adding the option.. i missed out!

[ran_sushmi]

thanks, for your answer. In my scenario, I want to utilize the space which may not be shown by the 'df' command which is like un-mounted as I am running
short on space.

[devils casper]

I want to utilize the space which may not be shown by the 'df' command which is like un-mounted as I am running

Thats why I suggested you to post the output of fdisk -l command.