Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 18:06:54 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Joey Garcia <bear@buug.homeip.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What's the magic formula for figuring size of disk with C/H/S info? Message-ID: <15238.56846.268726.603319@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <89083268@toto.iv>
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Joey Garcia <bear@buug.homeip.net> types: > 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. No magic - just multiply the numbers together. 63 sectors per track, 16 tracks (heads) per cyliner, and 6218 cylinders is 6267744 sectors. If each sector is 512 bytes - which is normal - then the drive is around 3 Gig. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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