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>
> This should be 60034905 =3D 3737*255*63

No, that value is correct, has to do with internals how sysctl calculates=
 the=20
offsets, but that is an linux issue I am aware off
>
> This should be 59554/16/63 and you do not get all drive space.

As I mentioned, I am aware, that I do not get all drive space, but over 8=
00MB=20
missing is too much.
>
> It seems your geometry is unmatched.  Is LBA enabled in the cmos bios?
>
> Rich
LBA is enabled by hand. My bios can auto dected all drive features, yet I=
=20
chose to setup everything by hand and explicitly enabled LBA after being =
told=20
to do so by several sources.

-d

Thank you for the quick answer
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