From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 27 16:07:06 2008 Return-Path: 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 ACF4D1065687 for ; Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:07:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd06+2F=af24e651@mlists.homeunix.com) Received: from fallback-in1.mxes.net (fallback-out1.mxes.net [216.86.168.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E0AF8FC13 for ; Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:07:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd06+2F=af24e651@mlists.homeunix.com) Received: from mxout-03.mxes.net (mxout-03.mxes.net [216.86.168.178]) by fallback-in1.mxes.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 761BE163DE4 for ; Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:50:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com. (unknown [87.81.140.128]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.mxes.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A1D623E3FB for ; Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:50:13 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:50:09 +0100 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.11; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: sound card and freebsd v7.0 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, 27 Sep 2008 16:07:06 -0000 On Sat, 27 Sep 2008 09:44:07 +1000 jonathan michaels 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.