Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 17:04:48 -0600 From: "Shannon Wheeler" <swheeler@mce.ab.ca> To: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: What's the magic formula for figuring size of disk with C/H/S info? Message-ID: <005e01c12cf1$2cb53c60$0d00a8c0@mshome.net> References: <20010824151208.R27435-100000@we-66-27-250-19.we.mediaone.net>
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C x H x S x 512 = # of bytes divide by 1024 to get K divide by 1024 again to get M divide by 1024 again to get G 6218*16*63*512=around 3G ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joey Garcia" <bear@buug.homeip.net> To: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 4:12 PM Subject: What's the magic formula for figuring size of disk with C/H/S info? > > Hey all, > > In case the subject wasn't clear enough. I have a hardrive laying around > that I'm thinking of adding to my FreeBSD system because I need some more > space. I'm not sure the size of this drive, but the label says 6218 > cylinders, 16 heads, and 63 sectors. I know there's a magic formula for > figuring out the size of the disk using that information, but I'm not sure > what it is or where to find it. And that's why I'm aksing for your > friendly help. :) Thanks in advance for the information. > > Joey > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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