<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> <!ENTITY % British-English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here --> ]> <article lang="&language;"> <articleinfo> <authorgroup> <author > <firstname >Mike</firstname > <surname >McBride</surname > </author> <othercredit role="translator" ><firstname >Malcolm</firstname ><surname >Hunter</surname ><affiliation ><address ><email >malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email ></address ></affiliation ><contrib >KDE British Conversion</contrib ></othercredit> </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> </articleinfo> <sect1> <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> <para >KDE British Conversion Malcolm Hunter <email >malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email ></para> </sect2> </sect1> </article>