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<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>
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<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>
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