Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

[number77]

Hello
I have puppy 5.28 installed on a dell vostro 1320.

1) How do I find the free space on the drive it is installed on.
2) I tried to install vlc 1.57 ? and it said not enough space, I have wine installed and almost nothing else apart from puppy itself.
3) Is there a media player similar to vlc I could install.
Any ideas please
Thanks
number77

[bigpup]

By your limited details of what type install you did
, I would guess you did a frugal install of Puppy.

[WB7ODYFred]

1) How do I find the free space on the drive it is installed on.
Open up ROX-Terminal or Uxrv Terminal Menu --> Utility --> ROXTerm
#df -h disk free -human
#free
#du -h disk usage -human
#mount

2) I tried to install vlc 1.57 ? and it said not enough space, I have wine installed and almost nothing else apart from puppy itself.
Menu --> Setup --> Alsa Sound Wizard check out those speakers.
Menu --> MultiMedia --> pupRadio / pupTelly streaming media or VLC-gtk

3) Is there a media player similar to vlc I could install.
Any ideas please. Explore menu --> multimedia
mplayer or vlc

Thanks
number77

Welcome to the Kenel. Hope the above helps. Ask questions.

[number77]

It is a frugal install and I didnt realise vlc was already there so thanks.
Still not quite sure how to find free space on drive. I opened a console and copied
#df -h disk free -human
#free
#du -h disk usage -human
#mount
in but then what.I realy need some basic simple commands to use and understand console, like what language is it.

[rjbrewer]

[starhawk]

[number77]

Thats interesting
I can now increase swap file.
If I wanted to find the size of a partition in msdos I would use dir/w. What do I need to do to get the size of my ext2 partition and free space using puppy.

[starhawk]

Please reread my post, particularly the 'under the hood' bit. You're still thinking in Ubuntu or some other traditional distro, which this is not.

[Karl Godt]

# df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda8 15116836 4679544 9669388 33% /
shmfs 249632 0 249632 0% /dev/shm
none 508524 0 508524 0% /tmpT
/dev/sda6 15116836 11447964 2900968 80% /mnt/sda6
# free
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 1017052 490344 526708 0 54708
Swap: 1028124 0 1028124
Total: 2045176 490344 1554832
# df-FULL
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
rootfs 15116836 4679544 9669388 33% /
/dev/root 15116836 4679544 9669388 33% /
shmfs 249632 0 249632 0% /dev/shm
none 508524 0 508524 0% /tmpT
/dev/sda6 15116836 11447964 2900968 80% /mnt/sda6
# busybox df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/root 15116836 4679544 9669388 33% /
shmfs 249632 0 249632 0% /dev/shm
none 508524 0 508524 0% /tmpT
/dev/sda6 15116836 11447964 2900968 80% /mnt/sda6

[number77]

That explains it nicely Karl. Problem was I copied all commands at once.
All commands worked except #df -FULL.
Also is it possible to clear the console window, something like cls in dos.
I have been on windows since the beginning and it is a struggle.

[nic007]

If you have a mount icon on desktop just click it and it will show your HD's and the free space. Alternatively, right-click on your HD icon and select run pmount. I'm running and older puppy so don't know if these options are available in the newer puppies. You can also check hardware information in the system menu (hardinfo information manager under filesystem).

[Tote]

I think you use # clear to clear the console and # clear history to... clear the history in the console.

It took me a year to learn that, which is why I rarely use the console.

[number77]

[Galbi]

[number77]

Ctrl +l very fast, have any more useful commands.