Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 18:36:16 -0700 () From: Rick Hamell <hamellr@dsinw.com> To: Ladd J Epp <ladd@bethelks.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: (no subject) Message-ID: <Pine.WNT.3.95.990405183413.-300107C-100000@bb-b1-11a> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.4.05.9904051438430.1048-100000@menno.bethelks.edu>
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> Humm... > > Could this be the reason why my 10.1 Gig drive is only recognized as like > a 9.5 Gig drive in my OS, or does the OS need .6 Gig for addressing and > system information, etc..? Unlikely... it's probally differances in BIOS addressing and the cyl/sect/heads stuff. Typically you should expect to be within 10% of your hard drive size. Some manufactures also fudge the numbers a little... I.e. a 1.3 gig was magically a 1.5 gig the next day for a cost of $20 more... Rick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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