From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Thu Sep 20 07:23:50 2007
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A392D16A418
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:23:50 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl)
Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl
	[IPv6:2001:4070:101:2::1])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F039113C45B
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:23:49 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl)
Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (localhost [IPv6:::1])
	by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l8K7NkiD013078;
	Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:23:46 +0200 (CEST)
	(envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl)
Received: from localhost (wojtek@localhost)
	by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) with ESMTP id
	l8K7Njs9013075; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:23:46 +0200 (CEST)
	(envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl)
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:23:45 +0200 (CEST)
From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
To: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net>
In-Reply-To: <20070920150343.06ebc690@meijome.net>
Message-ID: <20070920092308.B10999@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
References: <7f28909c2f575ccd98796e2af18d4e05@prodigy.net>
	<20070920150343.06ebc690@meijome.net>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
Cc: jekillen <jekillen@prodigy.net>,
	FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: Hard drive RPM
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:23:50 -0000

>> as 120 Gb and actually only has 117 Gb usable capacity.
>> Like 9Gb is enough for several operating systems. 3Gb is even
>> enough for an operating syste
>
> Advertised sizes are for unformatted media. Each filesystem will use different

no. they use available space (in sectors) but counted in billions of bytes 
instead of 2^30 bytes