Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:50:09 +0100 From: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sound card and freebsd v7.0 Message-ID: <20080927165009.05be9f14@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: <20080927094407.32884@caamora.com.au> References: <20080926143458.30732@caamora.com.au> <48DC86BA.4060108@bah.homeip.net> <20080927094407.32884@caamora.com.au>
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On Sat, 27 Sep 2008 09:44:07 +1000 jonathan michaels <jlm@caamora.com.au> wrote: > i do not understand this .. i mean i do not understant how freebsd can > take a drive with the cylinders/heads/sectors that produces xxx > million sectors that muitiplied by 512 bytes producs 120 gb (real gb) > solaris also identifies this as a 120 gb drive as do several linux > distrinutions (centos and ubuntu based). > FreeBSD is reporting it in 1024-based units like memory/storage is usually reported within OSs - it's just that the use of MiB etc hasn't really caught on. Manufacturers use decimal units. It's actually reporting 114440MB rather than the 114GB you mentioned, so it's a factor of (1000/1024)^2 not (1000/1024)^3.
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