using GNU Parted to display complete HDD data

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Published on 2010-06-18T09:22:08Z Indexed on 2010/06/18 9:33 UTC
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how do i use parted command to show free space in my hard disk?

cfdisk shows free space while "parted -l" doesnt show any free and unallocated space.

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