Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 14:02:49 +0800 From: John Summerfield <summer@os2.ami.com.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Large Hard Drive Trouble Message-ID: <200105300602.f4U62or31180@possum.os2.ami.com.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 30 May 2001 01:00:25 -0400." <3B147E69.222F8CDA@iowna.com>
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> K Karthik wrote: > > > > I have QUANTUM FIREBALLP AS40.0 - 40GB HDD, FreeBSD recognized only 38GB. > > I tried to format with other OSes like MS-Windows NT 4.0 which recognized > > only 35GB (NTFS). > > > > Right now, I am using the HDD with FreeBSD , the 2GB is hiding somehere. > > > > Kernel recognized: > > ad1: 38172MB <QUANTUM FIREBALLP AS40.0> [77557/16/63] at ata0-slave UDMA33 > > This seems to come up from time to time ... > 38172MB * 1024 = 39088128 * 1024 = 4002624#### bytes > 4002624#### / 1000000000 = 40G > It's the new math. > Actually, it's marketing bullshit. Apparently the marketing gurus have > taken it apon themselves to redefine what a gigabyte is so long as they Ohm I don't know about that. How long ago did the French decide Kilometre means 1000 metres? The suffixes K, M, G for x1000, x1000000 and x1000000000 predate the DP industry by a while. I've been in the DP industry for longer than Unix has existed, and on reflection, I think we got it wrong. -- Cheers John Summerfield Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocities.com/rcwoolley/ Note: mail delivered to me is deemed to be intended for me, for my disposition. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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