<sect1 id="blockdev">
<sect1info>

<authorgroup>
<author>
<firstname>Mike</firstname>
<surname>McBride</surname>
</author>
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</authorgroup>

<date>2002-02-12</date>
<releaseinfo>3.00.00</releaseinfo>

<keywordset>
<keyword>KDE</keyword>
<keyword>KControl</keyword>
<keyword>Block Devices</keyword>
<keyword>Disk space</keyword>
</keywordset>
</sect1info>

<title>Block Devices</title>

<para>
The module window displays the available file devices and some
information about each device. It also allows you to control mount
points, and mount/unmount devices.
</para>

<para>
Normally, the following pieces of information are shown in this tab:
</para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>an icon depicting the type of storage</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>file format</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>total size</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>mount point</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>free disk space</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>the percentage of space used as a number and as a
graph.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>

<para>
<mousebutton>Left</mousebutton> clicking on the header of a particular
column sorts the devices according to that variable. A second
<mousebutton>left</mousebutton> click sorts in the opposite order.
</para>

<para>
<mousebutton>Right</mousebutton> clicking on a row pops up a menu. If
that device is not currently mounted, the <guimenuitem>Mount
device</guimenuitem> option is available. If the device is mounted, it
can be unmounted by choosing <guimenuitem>Unmount
device</guimenuitem>. Selecting <guimenuitem>Open
filemanager</guimenuitem> opens a new window with a graphical view of
the files on that device.
</para>

<para>
The appropriate mount and umount commands, and how the file manager is
opened from the context menu, can be configured from the &kdf;
application.
</para>

<sect2>
<title>Section Author</title>

<para>This section is modified from the <application>kdf</application>
documentation which was authored by Jonathan Singer
<email>jsinger@leeta.net</email></para>

<para>Modified for KDE 2.0 by Mike McBride
<email>mpmcbride7@yahoo.com</email></para>
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</sect2>
</sect1>

