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Date:      Fri, 2 Feb 2007 23:49:25 -0500
From:      Peter <pmatulis@sympatico.ca>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        "Peter A. Giessel" <pgiessel@mac.com>
Subject:   Re: 305 GB hard drive reduced to 266 GB (why?)
Message-ID:  <200702022349.25804.pmatulis@sympatico.ca>
In-Reply-To: <45C3DA32.9010407@mac.com>
References:  <200702021839.29502.pmatulis@sympatico.ca> <200702021918.49420.pmatulis@sympatico.ca> <45C3DA32.9010407@mac.com>

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Le Vendredi 2 F=E9vrier 2007 19:41, Peter A. Giessel a =E9crit=A0:
> On 2007/02/02 15:18, Peter seems to have typed:
> > So now my question becomes "Where does FreeBSD get 289 from 305?".
>
> Well, for one thing, you never have 305GB.  1024MB =3D 1GB.

As I said, I already accounted for that.  320 000 / 1024 =3D 305 GB.

> You only had 298GB UNFORMATTED.  Formatted, you had 289GB.  With
> 8% reserve, you're down to 266GB.

You think the formatting takes up the missing 16 GB (305 - 289)?

PM




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