Re: /proc/partitions "blocks" ?

[Tom Pfeifer <tplists@optonline.net>]

Each block is 2 sectors, or 1024 bytes (1k)

To convert #blocks to MB, just divide it by 1024.

Example: 8001 blocks as shown in /proc/partitions would be 7.81 MB.

Tom

ktb wrote:
> 
> I'm looking at the /proc/partitions file and it lists "block" sizes.
> I've been looking on the web, archives, docs on my system and can't find
> what the formula is for converting blocks to MBs.  Does anyone know how
> to do this or where to find the info?
> Thanks,
> kent
> 
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