Check Disk Space in Linux

[roumieh2000]

I am running Linux on my system and i want to know what are the commands used in linux to check hard disk. I got an error message when i was running chkdsk. Are there any special tools in linux which allow to check hard disk space and hard disk error.

[Macarenas]

Run chkdsk /f c: but you will have to reboot first, make sure that you make a back up of your registry before you do it. fsck /dev/hda1 where /dev/hda1 is the partition to check for consistency errors.You can further check for bad blocks (on an ext2/3 filesystem) with: e2fsck -c /dev/hda1.

[Lillebror]

There are plenty of tools with which you can check your disk space in linux. Also dmesg will give you the addresses of all your disks and the brand and someother useful info but not partition info cat /proc/cpuinfo will give you your cpu information. However, Linux already has a built in function to show you just what you need to know. Open a terminal window or push (ctrl+alt+F1 to go to console) and type: # df.

[Wynn]

A quick way to get a summary of the available and used disk space on your Linux system is to type in the df command in a terminal window. The df is the simplest tool available to view disk usage. Simply type in df and you'll be shown disk usage for all your mounted filesystems.