Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2005 20:43:23 +0100 From: Grant <freebsdlists@thingysrealm.myftp.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 36.4GB drive formats out to 32.8GB? what am I missing please Message-ID: <20050605204323.4cd36003.freebsdlists@thingysrealm.myftp.org> In-Reply-To: <3A0E3262-4941-48F5-9532-5E45359690F1@dylangoss.com> References: <3A0E3262-4941-48F5-9532-5E45359690F1@dylangoss.com>
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On Sun, 5 Jun 2005 11:44:19 -0700 "D. Goss" <lists@dylangoss.com> wrote: > I am adding some drives to an IBM xSeries 345. I recently picked up > (via eBay) an IBM packaged Seagate drive, all with the proper IBM > part numbers as: > > U320 15k > 36.4GB formatted capacity > (IBM part 06P5776 / 06P5778, with Seagate drive ST336753LC) > > Looking up both the IBM part numbers and the Seagate part numbers via > Google, I consistantly get that the drive's formatted capacity is > 36.4GB. > > When partitioned either in "safe" or "dd" mode (via sysinstall) and > set to use the entire disk as one slice, once the drive is mounted I > show: > > # df -m > /dev/da1s1 33617 0 30928 0% /misc > > # df -h > /dev/da1s1 33G 4.0K 30G 0% /misc > > I'm seeing approx. 30,600MB (32.8GB?) free - > > Is this correct? > > Thanks! > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Hey, I think the problem that you are seeing is due to freebsd reserving some space for the root user. Somewhere in the handbook is says when you format a drive there will be around 10% of the drive reserved for root. I think you can change that number but you will have to look in the handbook for that. Hope this helps >From Grant.
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