Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 21:07:21 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> Cc: "Roman V. Mashak" <mrv@tv2.tomsk.ru>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Seagate Barracuda ATA IV ST380021A Message-ID: <20030110200721.GV1196@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> In-Reply-To: <44bs2og502.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <20030110061803.GA14847@mrv.tusur.ru> <44bs2og502.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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# freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com / 2003-01-10 14:49:01 -0500:
> "Roman V. Mashak" <mrv@tv2.tomsk.ru> writes:
>
> > Hello.
> > I've got the following problem. Is it normal, that FreeBSD (latest
> > 4.7stable) is detecting my harddrive (see subj.) like this:
> >
> > ad1: 76319MB [155061/16/63] UDMA100
> >
> > Although my BIOS detect hard-drive as 80GB capacity.
> > I have Intel-d845ebg2 motherboard and BIOS version is PT84520A.86A.0009.P04
>
> 76319MB is almost exactly 80x10^9 bytes, so that sounds fine.
to expand on this: hard disk vendors lie to the customers. when you
buy an "80 GB" disk you actually buy 80 * 1000 ^ 3 (Lowell, I don't think
drive got *that* big yet :), not 80 * 1024 ^ 3.
American hd buyers might try a class action lawsuit. :)
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