Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 19:03:51 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@tensor.3miasto.net> To: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "D. Goss" <lists@dylangoss.com> Subject: Re: 36.4GB drive formats out to 32.8GB? what am I missing please Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.62.0506121902270.22606@chylonia.3miasto.net> In-Reply-To: <200506121612.j5CGCRuC007030@clunix.cl.msu.edu> References: <200506121612.j5CGCRuC007030@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
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> > "Formatting" is not the same as building a filesystem on the drive. > > So, after it is "formatted" at the factory, it is still necessary to > make slices and divide the slices in to partitions and newfs the partitions > to make file systems. SOme people use a generic work format to mean > those things. It is not quite accurate, but that is what was meant. in modern drives there is no way (for customer at least) to FORMAT hard disk. "low level format" is BIOS actually wipes disk with zeroes or doesn't write anything at all.
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