From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 3 17:25:15 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58C7616A400 for ; Sat, 3 Feb 2007 17:25:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.web-strider.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0B1713C428 for ; Sat, 3 Feb 2007 17:25:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from coolf89ea26645 (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id l13HP2x69517; Sat, 3 Feb 2007 09:25:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Message-ID: <006001c747b7$fdd10630$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Peter" , References: <200702021839.29502.pmatulis@sympatico.ca><45C3CD43.3080200@mac.com> <200702021918.49420.pmatulis@sympatico.ca> Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 09:23:15 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1807 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1807 Cc: "Peter A. Giessel" Subject: Re: 305 GB hard drive reduced to 266 GB (why?) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2007 17:25:15 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter" To: Cc: "Peter A. Giessel" Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 4:18 PM Subject: Re: 305 GB hard drive reduced to 266 GB (why?) > Le Vendredi 2 Février 2007 18:46, Peter A. Giessel a écrit : > > On 2007/02/02 14:39, Peter seems to have typed: > > > I am installing a new 6.2 STABLE system and I am troubled by the > > > amount of available disk space I'm getting on one of my IDE > > > devices: > > > > Its in the FAQ: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html#MANUF > >ACTURER-DISK-SIZE > > I already took account of manufacturer disk size. However, I didn't > know about the FreeBSD 8% rule which accounts for the discrepancy > between my disk size of 289 GB and its available space of 266 GB. > > So now my question becomes "Where does FreeBSD get 289 from 305?". Whall, on Ford small blocks you get a 302 when you bore out a 289, you could probably go the other direction if you sleeved an old tired 302 block down. ;-) Ted