Mandrake 7.2 at least doesn't recognize a -B option to df. There is a -m option to show in megabytes, though. Mandrake 8.2 has a -m option which is just a shortcut to --block_size= ...but "-m MB" shows the list in "977K blocks" (1,000,000 blocks is about 977 * 1024) unlike -m which lists "1M blocks" (1024 * 1024 blocks). Here are the brief help pages from 7.2 and 8.2 Mandrake. \\/ http://www.wlindley.com =============== Mandrake 7.2 =============== $ df --help Usage: df [OPTION]... [FILE]... Show information about the filesystem on which each FILE resides, or all filesystems by default. -a, --all include filesystems having 0 blocks --block-size=SIZE use SIZE-byte blocks -h, --human-readable print sizes in human readable format (e.g., 1K 234M 2G) -H, --si likewise, but use powers of 1000 not 1024 -i, --inodes list inode information instead of block usage -k, --kilobytes like --block-size=1024 -l, --local limit listing to local filesystems -m, --megabytes like --block-size=1048576 --no-sync do not invoke sync before getting usage info (default) -P, --portability use the POSIX output format --sync invoke sync before getting usage info -t, --type=TYPE limit listing to filesystems of type TYPE -T, --print-type print filesystem type -x, --exclude-type=TYPE limit listing to filesystems not of type TYPE -v (ignored) --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit Report bugs to . =============== Mandrake 8.2 =============== $ df --help Usage: df [OPTION]... [FILE]... Show information about the filesystem on which each FILE resides, or all filesystems by default. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. -a, --all include filesystems having 0 blocks -B, --block-size=SIZE use SIZE-byte blocks -h, --human-readable print sizes in human readable format (e.g., 1K 234M 2G) -H, --si likewise, but use powers of 1000 not 1024 -i, --inodes list inode information instead of block usage -k like --block-size=1K -l, --local limit listing to local filesystems --no-sync do not invoke sync before getting usage info (default) -P, --portability use the POSIX output format --sync invoke sync before getting usage info -t, --type=TYPE limit listing to filesystems of type TYPE -T, --print-type print filesystem type -x, --exclude-type=TYPE limit listing to filesystems not of type TYPE -v (ignored) --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit SIZE may be (or may be an integer optionally followed by) one of following: kB 1000, K 1024, MB 1,000,000, M 1,048,576, and so on for G, T, P, E, Z, Y.