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Display Menu: [Show partitions, disks, LVM-info, lists]

Disk overview map

From main menu: Display -> Disk overview map

Compact map display of all partitionable media, showing the partitions

Menu item screenshot(s)


    This will display an overview of the partitionable media.

    For each disk a pseudo-graphical map will be shown, with each
    partition or freespace area sized and colored according to its
    real size and type of filesystem being used.

    Some key information for each area will be shown inside each
    partition or freespace area displayed.
    Note that a 'disk' can be any partionable media supported by
    DFSee, like physical disks, virtual-disks and others ...

   


Disk/filesystem Usage F9

From main menu: Display -> Disk/filesystem Usage F9

Screen-size map of disk or filesystem usage, allocated versus freespace info

Menu item screenshot(s)


    Display a usage map for the currently selected disk or filesystem

    A pseudo-graphical map of the disk or partition allocation is
    displayed, showing the distribution of data over the object

    This is also an indication for the amount of unused sectors in
    the object, that are beneficial to 'SMART-SECTOR' optimizations
    in imaging and cloning operations.

    The percentage of used sectors are displayed as a percentage at
    the end of the line, and a total usage percentage and size is
    shown just after the map itself.

    For filesystems that support resizing, the limits for resizing
    are shown after the map itself.

   


Volume overview F7

From main menu: Display -> Volume overview F7

Show list of available volumes/driveletters (updates submenu VOL list too)

Menu item screenshot(s)


    This will display a simple list of all volumes (driveletters)
    that are known by the current active operatiung system.

    This list is the same as used by the file-dialogs and the
    'open-volume' menu selection, in a slightly different format.

   


Partition overview F5

From main menu: Display -> Partition overview F5

Display a compact table with the most important partition information

Menu item screenshot(s)


    This will present an overview of all available partitions
    on all disks, in the default format.

    This is the same list as used in the 'open partition' menu.

   


Other partition views

From main menu: Display -> Other partition views

Submenu with several partition views and check-actions on the current object

Menu item screenshot(s)


    Various formats and detail displaying the partition data:

     - Partition extended   view
       As the standard overview but with an extra line of info for
       every extended-container (often type 0x05 or 0x0f).

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns, up to 114 for LVM systems

     - Partition decimal    view
       As the standard overview but with decimal info on the
       start and end-cylinder, start and end-sector, size in
       sectors and in megabytes (default format on Linux)

       Recommended screen width: 90 columns or more

     - Partition numeric    view
       As the standard overview but with full numeric info on the
       start sector, size and start/end cylinder.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition combined   view
       As the extended overview but with full numeric info.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition complete   view
       This is a table with one line per partition, but nearly ALL
       available fields present in a COMMA SEPARATED format.
       It can be used to get transport this information to other
       applications by means of the logfile, with more complete
       info than the standard feature 'dfsee -query'.

       Recommended screen width: huge, information is 218 columns

     - Warning only  view
       This is a list of ALL warnings, minor and major for ALL
       partitions on all disks. There is NO table with other info
       and no other detailed info about the partitions either.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition verbose    view
       A full page of detailed partition information for every partition.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition allocation view
       Like verbose, but with the allocation map for the partition added
       and some contents. This is often the root-directory, depending on
       the filesystem being listed.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition sector(s)  view
       Detailed display of all sectors that are related to each partition:
       - MBR or EBR with the partition-table entry for the partition
       - PBR (bootsector) for the partition
       - On LVM systems, the LVM-info sector (DLAT in IBM terms)
       - On LVM systems, LVM/JFS partitions, the LVM-signature sector

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

       This is an 'all partitions/all disks' version of menu item:

                   Display -> Sectors for partition -> ... select ...

   


Part extended view

From main menu: Display -> Other partition views -> Part extended view

Compact table with partitions and ext-containers 114 cols (part -r -e )

Menu item screenshot(s)


    Various formats and detail displaying the partition data:

     - Partition extended   view
       As the standard overview but with an extra line of info for
       every extended-container (often type 0x05 or 0x0f).

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns, up to 114 for LVM systems

     - Partition decimal    view
       As the standard overview but with decimal info on the
       start and end-cylinder, start and end-sector, size in
       sectors and in megabytes (default format on Linux)

       Recommended screen width: 90 columns or more

     - Partition numeric    view
       As the standard overview but with full numeric info on the
       start sector, size and start/end cylinder.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition combined   view
       As the extended overview but with full numeric info.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition complete   view
       This is a table with one line per partition, but nearly ALL
       available fields present in a COMMA SEPARATED format.
       It can be used to get transport this information to other
       applications by means of the logfile, with more complete
       info than the standard feature 'dfsee -query'.

       Recommended screen width: huge, information is 218 columns

     - Warning only  view
       This is a list of ALL warnings, minor and major for ALL
       partitions on all disks. There is NO table with other info
       and no other detailed info about the partitions either.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition verbose    view
       A full page of detailed partition information for every partition.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition allocation view
       Like verbose, but with the allocation map for the partition added
       and some contents. This is often the root-directory, depending on
       the filesystem being listed.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition sector(s)  view
       Detailed display of all sectors that are related to each partition:
       - MBR or EBR with the partition-table entry for the partition
       - PBR (bootsector) for the partition
       - On LVM systems, the LVM-info sector (DLAT in IBM terms)
       - On LVM systems, LVM/JFS partitions, the LVM-signature sector

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

       This is an 'all partitions/all disks' version of menu item:

                   Display -> Sectors for partition -> ... select ...

    


Part decimal view s-F5

From main menu: Display -> Other partition views -> Part decimal view s-F5

Compact table with decimal cylinders, begin/end/size 90 cols (part -b:1 )

Menu item screenshot(s)


    Various formats and detail displaying the partition data:

     - Partition extended   view
       As the standard overview but with an extra line of info for
       every extended-container (often type 0x05 or 0x0f).

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns, up to 114 for LVM systems

     - Partition decimal    view
       As the standard overview but with decimal info on the
       start and end-cylinder, start and end-sector, size in
       sectors and in megabytes (default format on Linux)

       Recommended screen width: 90 columns or more

     - Partition numeric    view
       As the standard overview but with full numeric info on the
       start sector, size and start/end cylinder.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition combined   view
       As the extended overview but with full numeric info.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition complete   view
       This is a table with one line per partition, but nearly ALL
       available fields present in a COMMA SEPARATED format.
       It can be used to get transport this information to other
       applications by means of the logfile, with more complete
       info than the standard feature 'dfsee -query'.

       Recommended screen width: huge, information is 218 columns

     - Warning only  view
       This is a list of ALL warnings, minor and major for ALL
       partitions on all disks. There is NO table with other info
       and no other detailed info about the partitions either.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition verbose    view
       A full page of detailed partition information for every partition.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition allocation view
       Like verbose, but with the allocation map for the partition added
       and some contents. This is often the root-directory, depending on
       the filesystem being listed.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition sector(s)  view
       Detailed display of all sectors that are related to each partition:
       - MBR or EBR with the partition-table entry for the partition
       - PBR (bootsector) for the partition
       - On LVM systems, the LVM-info sector (DLAT in IBM terms)
       - On LVM systems, LVM/JFS partitions, the LVM-signature sector

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

       This is an 'all partitions/all disks' version of menu item:

                   Display -> Sectors for partition -> ... select ...

    


Part numeric view a-F5

From main menu: Display -> Other partition views -> Part numeric view a-F5

Compact table with partitions, numeric cyls/sizes 80 cols (part -n )

Menu item screenshot(s)


    Various formats and detail displaying the partition data:

     - Partition extended   view
       As the standard overview but with an extra line of info for
       every extended-container (often type 0x05 or 0x0f).

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns, up to 114 for LVM systems

     - Partition decimal    view
       As the standard overview but with decimal info on the
       start and end-cylinder, start and end-sector, size in
       sectors and in megabytes (default format on Linux)

       Recommended screen width: 90 columns or more

     - Partition numeric    view
       As the standard overview but with full numeric info on the
       start sector, size and start/end cylinder.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition combined   view
       As the extended overview but with full numeric info.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition complete   view
       This is a table with one line per partition, but nearly ALL
       available fields present in a COMMA SEPARATED format.
       It can be used to get transport this information to other
       applications by means of the logfile, with more complete
       info than the standard feature 'dfsee -query'.

       Recommended screen width: huge, information is 218 columns

     - Warning only  view
       This is a list of ALL warnings, minor and major for ALL
       partitions on all disks. There is NO table with other info
       and no other detailed info about the partitions either.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition verbose    view
       A full page of detailed partition information for every partition.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition allocation view
       Like verbose, but with the allocation map for the partition added
       and some contents. This is often the root-directory, depending on
       the filesystem being listed.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition sector(s)  view
       Detailed display of all sectors that are related to each partition:
       - MBR or EBR with the partition-table entry for the partition
       - PBR (bootsector) for the partition
       - On LVM systems, the LVM-info sector (DLAT in IBM terms)
       - On LVM systems, LVM/JFS partitions, the LVM-signature sector

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

       This is an 'all partitions/all disks' version of menu item:

                   Display -> Sectors for partition -> ... select ...

    


Part combined view c-F5

From main menu: Display -> Other partition views -> Part combined view c-F5

Compact table with numeric info plus ext-containers 80 cols (part -n -e )

Menu item screenshot(s)


    Various formats and detail displaying the partition data:

     - Partition extended   view
       As the standard overview but with an extra line of info for
       every extended-container (often type 0x05 or 0x0f).

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns, up to 114 for LVM systems

     - Partition decimal    view
       As the standard overview but with decimal info on the
       start and end-cylinder, start and end-sector, size in
       sectors and in megabytes (default format on Linux)

       Recommended screen width: 90 columns or more

     - Partition numeric    view
       As the standard overview but with full numeric info on the
       start sector, size and start/end cylinder.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition combined   view
       As the extended overview but with full numeric info.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition complete   view
       This is a table with one line per partition, but nearly ALL
       available fields present in a COMMA SEPARATED format.
       It can be used to get transport this information to other
       applications by means of the logfile, with more complete
       info than the standard feature 'dfsee -query'.

       Recommended screen width: huge, information is 218 columns

     - Warning only  view
       This is a list of ALL warnings, minor and major for ALL
       partitions on all disks. There is NO table with other info
       and no other detailed info about the partitions either.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition verbose    view
       A full page of detailed partition information for every partition.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition allocation view
       Like verbose, but with the allocation map for the partition added
       and some contents. This is often the root-directory, depending on
       the filesystem being listed.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition sector(s)  view
       Detailed display of all sectors that are related to each partition:
       - MBR or EBR with the partition-table entry for the partition
       - PBR (bootsector) for the partition
       - On LVM systems, the LVM-info sector (DLAT in IBM terms)
       - On LVM systems, LVM/JFS partitions, the LVM-signature sector

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

       This is an 'all partitions/all disks' version of menu item:

                   Display -> Sectors for partition -> ... select ...

    



Part complete view, CS

From main menu: Display -> Other partition views -> Part complete view, CS

One line per partition, many fields, comma separated 218 cols (part -r -s )

Menu item screenshot(s)


    Various formats and detail displaying the partition data:

     - Partition extended   view
       As the standard overview but with an extra line of info for
       every extended-container (often type 0x05 or 0x0f).

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns, up to 114 for LVM systems

     - Partition decimal    view
       As the standard overview but with decimal info on the
       start and end-cylinder, start and end-sector, size in
       sectors and in megabytes (default format on Linux)

       Recommended screen width: 90 columns or more

     - Partition numeric    view
       As the standard overview but with full numeric info on the
       start sector, size and start/end cylinder.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition combined   view
       As the extended overview but with full numeric info.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition complete   view
       This is a table with one line per partition, but nearly ALL
       available fields present in a COMMA SEPARATED format.
       It can be used to get transport this information to other
       applications by means of the logfile, with more complete
       info than the standard feature 'dfsee -query'.

       Recommended screen width: huge, information is 218 columns

     - Warning only  view
       This is a list of ALL warnings, minor and major for ALL
       partitions on all disks. There is NO table with other info
       and no other detailed info about the partitions either.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition verbose    view
       A full page of detailed partition information for every partition.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition allocation view
       Like verbose, but with the allocation map for the partition added
       and some contents. This is often the root-directory, depending on
       the filesystem being listed.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition sector(s)  view
       Detailed display of all sectors that are related to each partition:
       - MBR or EBR with the partition-table entry for the partition
       - PBR (bootsector) for the partition
       - On LVM systems, the LVM-info sector (DLAT in IBM terms)
       - On LVM systems, LVM/JFS partitions, the LVM-signature sector

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

       This is an 'all partitions/all disks' version of menu item:

                   Display -> Sectors for partition -> ... select ...

    



Warning only view

From main menu: Display -> Other partition views -> Warning only view

Display ALL warnings for all partitions, no table 80 cols (part -w -t-)

Menu item screenshot(s)


    Various formats and detail displaying the partition data:

     - Partition extended   view
       As the standard overview but with an extra line of info for
       every extended-container (often type 0x05 or 0x0f).

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns, up to 114 for LVM systems

     - Partition decimal    view
       As the standard overview but with decimal info on the
       start and end-cylinder, start and end-sector, size in
       sectors and in megabytes (default format on Linux)

       Recommended screen width: 90 columns or more

     - Partition numeric    view
       As the standard overview but with full numeric info on the
       start sector, size and start/end cylinder.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition combined   view
       As the extended overview but with full numeric info.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition complete   view
       This is a table with one line per partition, but nearly ALL
       available fields present in a COMMA SEPARATED format.
       It can be used to get transport this information to other
       applications by means of the logfile, with more complete
       info than the standard feature 'dfsee -query'.

       Recommended screen width: huge, information is 218 columns

     - Warning only  view
       This is a list of ALL warnings, minor and major for ALL
       partitions on all disks. There is NO table with other info
       and no other detailed info about the partitions either.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition verbose    view
       A full page of detailed partition information for every partition.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition allocation view
       Like verbose, but with the allocation map for the partition added
       and some contents. This is often the root-directory, depending on
       the filesystem being listed.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition sector(s)  view
       Detailed display of all sectors that are related to each partition:
       - MBR or EBR with the partition-table entry for the partition
       - PBR (bootsector) for the partition
       - On LVM systems, the LVM-info sector (DLAT in IBM terms)
       - On LVM systems, LVM/JFS partitions, the LVM-signature sector

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

       This is an 'all partitions/all disks' version of menu item:

                   Display -> Sectors for partition -> ... select ...

    



Part verbose view

From main menu: Display -> Other partition views -> Part verbose view

Verbose list of basic partition info for all partitions (part -r -v )

Menu item screenshot(s)


    Various formats and detail displaying the partition data:

     - Partition extended   view
       As the standard overview but with an extra line of info for
       every extended-container (often type 0x05 or 0x0f).

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns, up to 114 for LVM systems

     - Partition decimal    view
       As the standard overview but with decimal info on the
       start and end-cylinder, start and end-sector, size in
       sectors and in megabytes (default format on Linux)

       Recommended screen width: 90 columns or more

     - Partition numeric    view
       As the standard overview but with full numeric info on the
       start sector, size and start/end cylinder.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition combined   view
       As the extended overview but with full numeric info.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition complete   view
       This is a table with one line per partition, but nearly ALL
       available fields present in a COMMA SEPARATED format.
       It can be used to get transport this information to other
       applications by means of the logfile, with more complete
       info than the standard feature 'dfsee -query'.

       Recommended screen width: huge, information is 218 columns

     - Warning only  view
       This is a list of ALL warnings, minor and major for ALL
       partitions on all disks. There is NO table with other info
       and no other detailed info about the partitions either.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition verbose    view
       A full page of detailed partition information for every partition.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition allocation view
       Like verbose, but with the allocation map for the partition added
       and some contents. This is often the root-directory, depending on
       the filesystem being listed.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition sector(s)  view
       Detailed display of all sectors that are related to each partition:
       - MBR or EBR with the partition-table entry for the partition
       - PBR (bootsector) for the partition
       - On LVM systems, the LVM-info sector (DLAT in IBM terms)
       - On LVM systems, LVM/JFS partitions, the LVM-signature sector

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

       This is an 'all partitions/all disks' version of menu item:

                   Display -> Sectors for partition -> ... select ...

    


Part allocation view

From main menu: Display -> Other partition views -> Part allocation view

Verbose list of partition info, allocation-maps, contents (part -a -V )

Menu item screenshot(s)


    Various formats and detail displaying the partition data:

     - Partition extended   view
       As the standard overview but with an extra line of info for
       every extended-container (often type 0x05 or 0x0f).

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns, up to 114 for LVM systems

     - Partition decimal    view
       As the standard overview but with decimal info on the
       start and end-cylinder, start and end-sector, size in
       sectors and in megabytes (default format on Linux)

       Recommended screen width: 90 columns or more

     - Partition numeric    view
       As the standard overview but with full numeric info on the
       start sector, size and start/end cylinder.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition combined   view
       As the extended overview but with full numeric info.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition complete   view
       This is a table with one line per partition, but nearly ALL
       available fields present in a COMMA SEPARATED format.
       It can be used to get transport this information to other
       applications by means of the logfile, with more complete
       info than the standard feature 'dfsee -query'.

       Recommended screen width: huge, information is 218 columns

     - Warning only  view
       This is a list of ALL warnings, minor and major for ALL
       partitions on all disks. There is NO table with other info
       and no other detailed info about the partitions either.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition verbose    view
       A full page of detailed partition information for every partition.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition allocation view
       Like verbose, but with the allocation map for the partition added
       and some contents. This is often the root-directory, depending on
       the filesystem being listed.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition sector(s)  view
       Detailed display of all sectors that are related to each partition:
       - MBR or EBR with the partition-table entry for the partition
       - PBR (bootsector) for the partition
       - On LVM systems, the LVM-info sector (DLAT in IBM terms)
       - On LVM systems, LVM/JFS partitions, the LVM-signature sector

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

       This is an 'all partitions/all disks' version of menu item:

                   Display -> Sectors for partition -> ... select ...

    


Part sector(s) view

From main menu: Display -> Other partition views -> Part sector(s) view

Verbose list of MBR/EBR, PBR, LVM sectors on all partitions (pt * -related )

Menu item screenshot(s)


    Various formats and detail displaying the partition data:

     - Partition extended   view
       As the standard overview but with an extra line of info for
       every extended-container (often type 0x05 or 0x0f).

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns, up to 114 for LVM systems

     - Partition decimal    view
       As the standard overview but with decimal info on the
       start and end-cylinder, start and end-sector, size in
       sectors and in megabytes (default format on Linux)

       Recommended screen width: 90 columns or more

     - Partition numeric    view
       As the standard overview but with full numeric info on the
       start sector, size and start/end cylinder.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition combined   view
       As the extended overview but with full numeric info.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition complete   view
       This is a table with one line per partition, but nearly ALL
       available fields present in a COMMA SEPARATED format.
       It can be used to get transport this information to other
       applications by means of the logfile, with more complete
       info than the standard feature 'dfsee -query'.

       Recommended screen width: huge, information is 218 columns

     - Warning only  view
       This is a list of ALL warnings, minor and major for ALL
       partitions on all disks. There is NO table with other info
       and no other detailed info about the partitions either.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition verbose    view
       A full page of detailed partition information for every partition.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition allocation view
       Like verbose, but with the allocation map for the partition added
       and some contents. This is often the root-directory, depending on
       the filesystem being listed.

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

     - Partition sector(s)  view
       Detailed display of all sectors that are related to each partition:
       - MBR or EBR with the partition-table entry for the partition
       - PBR (bootsector) for the partition
       - On LVM systems, the LVM-info sector (DLAT in IBM terms)
       - On LVM systems, LVM/JFS partitions, the LVM-signature sector

       Recommended screen width: 80 columns or more

       This is an 'all partitions/all disks' version of menu item:

                   Display -> Sectors for partition -> ... select ...

    



FS-check all partitions

From main menu: Display -> Other partition views -> FS-check all partitions

Perform filesystem check on all partitions, verbose display (part -r -c )


    This is a form of the verbose partition list, that will include
    a 'check' of the filesystem in every partition, if that is
    supported in DFSee for the filesystem in question.

    Note that this is similar in function to the familiar CHKDSK on,
    Dos, Windows or OS/2 but is does checking only, there is NO writing
    to the disk at all, and found errors will NOT be repaired!

    Some of the reported errors can be fixed by using other 'FIX...'
    commands available in DFSee, othere will have to be fixed by
    other means, for example: 'CHKDSK /f'.

    



Base, LSN first..last

From main menu: Display -> Base, LSN first..last

Show the 'Base' values, corresponding to the first LSN (0) and the last one

Menu item screenshot(s)


    This will display the sectornumbers (PSN) for the first valid LSN (0)
    and the last valid one (end of partition/volume/image).

    The disk-number that is active will be displayed when applicable,
    a disk-number of 0 will be used for non-disk objects like images.

   


Currently open object(s)

From main menu: Display -> Currently open object(s)

Show what object (disk/partition ...) is currently open for working with it

Menu item screenshot(s)


    This will display details about the currently opened object(s), if any.

    This will show some information about the object that has been opened
    to work with it. This could be after an explicit 'Open ..' selection
    from the 'File' menu, or an implicit open by some other command or menu
    selection made previously.

    The display show information kept for all open objects in the 'STORE'
    administration that can hold information about three simultaniously
    open objects (see 'STORE' command documentation).

    Normally, only a single object will be opened, using the CURRENT store, but commands like 'CLONE' will use the second 'ALTERNATE' store as well
    keeping information about the source of the clone ...

   


Partitionable Media

From main menu: Display -> Partitionable Media

Show mapping of DFSee disk-id to Partitionable Media like disks and devices

Menu item screenshot(s)


    This will display a table showing the relationship between:

      Disk-id         The disk-id as used in many DFSee commands
      DFSee-type      Type of medium for DFSee, physical, virtual ...
      disk number     Real disk number, specific to the type of medium
      Description     The (Linux) device name for this disk device,
                      an Image filename and/or details on the medium

    All entries in this table can be used as a 'disk' in the many
    DFSee commands that deal with them, and these are also listed
    in the default partition and MAP displays in DFSee.

    Note that the 'Disk-id' is really a 'Partionable Medium Id',

   


LVM info for partition(s)

From main menu: Display -> LVM info for partition(s)

List the LVM information (DLAT and BBR areas) for selected partition(s)

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    This will display the LVM information for the selected partition(s)

    It will display the LVM-info sector (DLAT), and for type 0x35
    partitions the LVM-signature sector (BBR area) as well.

    The info is displayed formatted on a sector-by-sector basis.

   


Selection of this item leads to a dynamic created submenu, to select a partition to be used , including 'ALL partitions'

Raw partition Tables

From main menu: Display -> Raw partition Tables

List all partition-table info for one disk, in raw format (WALK MBR/EBR)

Menu item screenshot(s)


    This will display all partition-tables for the selected disk, starting
    with the MBR for the PRIMARY partitions and the EXTENDED container.

    When logicals are present, this is followed by walking the linked EBR
    sectors that each define a single LOGICAL partition and the link to
    the next one, if any.

   


Selection of this item leads to a dynamic created submenu, to select a disk to be used

Sectors for partition

From main menu: Display -> Sectors for partition

Show part-table (MBR/EBR), bootsector (PBR) and LVM-info for one partition

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    This will display all partitioning related sectors for a partition,
    the MBR or EBR sector, the bootsector (PBR) and LVM sectors, if any.

    This is the quickest way to get all partitioning related information
    displayed for one partition.

    It uses the 'pt  PID  -r' command to show the partition-table entry
    and all related sectors for the selected partition 'PID'.

    To display this related sector(s) information for all partitions, use:

          Display -> Other partition views -> Part sector(s) view

    Note: If you have a partition, volume or device selected, and are NOT
          in FDISK mode, this selection will switch to that automatically
          invalidating your current selection!

   


Selection of this item leads to a dynamic created submenu, to select a partition to be used


GoTo sector (nr) ... c-G

From main menu: Display -> GoTo sector (nr) ... c-G

Display sector with specified sectornumber; LSN default 0 (bootsect/MBR)

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    This will allow you to display any sector on the current opened store
    by specifying the sectornumber in hexadecimal format.

    The display will use the DEFAULT format for the type of sector found.

   


Related sectors

From main menu: Display -> Related sectors

Display some related sectors (up,xtra,next) or 'this' in HEX/ASCII format


    HEX and ASCII formats for 'this' sector, and default display for:

     - Next   Related sector most likely to be displayed as next

     - Up     Related sector, probably upwards in (directory) hierarchy

     - Xtra   Related sector, somehow linked to the 'this' sector

     - This   The current sector, 'this' redisplay in default format

   


Next likely sector number c-N

From main menu: Display -> Related sectors -> Next likely sector number c-N

Display most likely desired 'next' sector (in hierarchy) in default format

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    This will display the 'next likely' sector on the current opened store
    by using the 'next' value set by any previous display of a sector.

    Displaying the 'next' sector (Ctrl+N) on an opened filesystem will
    show the most interesting sectors like bootsector, superblocks etc.

    In general, each display function will set this 'next' value to the
    sector that is the most 'desirable' to be visited/displayed next.

    


Up linked sector c-U

From main menu: Display -> Related sectors -> Up linked sector c-U

Display related, referencing, 'up' sector (in hierarchy) in default format

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    This will display the 'up' sector on the current opened store
    by using the 'up' value set by any previous display of a sector.

    In general, each display function will set this 'up' value to a
    sector that is related, and probably 'upwards' in the hierarchy
    from the current sector.
    As an example, when displaying an HPFS file FNODE, the 'up' will
    take you to the directory FNODE of the directory holding the file.

    


Xtra linked sector c-X

From main menu: Display -> Related sectors -> Xtra linked sector c-X

Display related (somehow :-) 'xtra' sector in default format

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    This will display the related 'eXtra' sector on the current opened store
    by using the 'xtra' value set by any previous display of a sector.

    In general, each display function will set this 'xtra' value to a
    sector that might be of interest.

    As an example, when displaying a partition-table sector, the 'xtra'
    will take you to the related LVM DLAT sector for that partition.

    



This +1 sector, go forward

From main menu: Display -> Related sectors -> This +1 sector, go forward

Display the sector just AFTER 'this' one (sectornr +1) in default format

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    This will display the sector AFTER the current one (this),
    in the default format for the type of sector found there.

    


This -1 sector, go backward

From main menu: Display -> Related sectors -> This -1 sector, go backward

Display the sector just BEFORE 'this' one (sectornr -1) in default format

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    This will display the sector BEFORE the current one (this),
    in the default format for the type of sector found there.

    



This sector, default fmt

From main menu: Display -> Related sectors -> This sector, default fmt

Display the current 'this' sector in the default, best matching format


    This will (re-) display the current sector in the default format for
    the type of sector found at the 'This' location.

    


This sector, Bin/HexDump c-B

From main menu: Display -> Related sectors -> This sector, Bin/HexDump c-B

Display the current 'this' sector as BINARY /HEX dump, including ASCII


    This will display the FULL current sector in a hexadecimal format,
    often referred to as 'HEXDUMP' style.

    This contains a hexadecimal value for each byte in the sector, with
    sixteen bytes per display line, plus the ASCII representation of
    these same bytes if printable, and dots otherwise.

    


This sector, Ascii Text c-T

From main menu: Display -> Related sectors -> This sector, Ascii Text c-T

Display the current 'this' sector as ASCII text (garbage for non-ASCII!)


    This will attempt to display the complete sector as an ASCII text

    It may produce garbage displays when the data is not (completely)
    suitable to be displayed in ASCII.

    This display might be useful to display (ASCII) sectors from a file.

    



I/O speed Read-only

From main menu: Display -> I/O speed Read-only

Measure and display the RAW I/O speed for 10 seconds Read-only access

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    This will measure and display the I/O speed for a 10 second interval

    The current objecty (disk, partition etc) will be read only, using
    the default or specified buffer size.

    After completing the 10 second interval, or reaching the end of the
    object, the througput will be displayed.

   


I/O speed Read/Write

From main menu: Display -> I/O speed Read/Write

Measure and display the RAW I/O speed for 10 seconds Read-Write access

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    This will measure and display the I/O speed for a 10 second interval

    The current objecty (disk, partition etc) will be Read and Written
    to using the default or specified buffer size.

    After completing the 10 second interval, or reaching the end of the
    object, the througput will be displayed.

    Because reading and directly writing the SAME area will have a very
    high impact on performce (cache, head-movement), expect a Read/Write
    throughput at least 10 times less than Read-only!

   



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