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Date Posted: Saturday 06th of February 2010 | Category: Ubuntu
View hard disk information in Ubuntu
To view hard disk information, enter the following in the terminal:

sudo fdisk -l

Enter your root password and then your hard disk information will be displayed, in the terminal.

Here is an example of the Output.

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 4664 37463548+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 4665 4865 1614532+ 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 4665 4865 1614501 82 Linux swap / Solaris