From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 13 04:32:35 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 077D537B401 for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 04:32:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx0.gmx.net (mx0.gmx.net [213.165.64.100]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A594443FDF for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 04:32:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd_deamon@gmx.net) Received: (qmail 3921 invoked by uid 0); 13 Jun 2003 11:32:32 -0000 Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 13:32:32 +0200 (MEST) From: freebsd_deamon@gmx.net To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-Authenticated-Sender: #0018491972@gmx.net X-Authenticated-IP: [141.20.121.49] Message-ID: <10667.1055503952@www65.gmx.net> X-Mailer: WWW-Mail 1.6 (Global Message Exchange) X-Flags: 0001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: HDD does not work up to capacity X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 11:32:35 -0000 this might be an incredible stupid question but since i am not that familiar with disk geometry i ask it anyway: I just bought an Hitachi DeskStar 180GXP HDD (it's the same as IBM) which is supposed to have a capacity of 61.4 GB but i can only get approx 58 to 59 out of it. why? is there a way arounf it? some additional data are: model: IC35L060AVV207-0 LBA: 120.103.200 sectors CHS: 16383/16/63 i am using an ASUS CUL2 m/b TIA zheyu -- +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ Bitte lächeln! Fotogalerie online mit GMX ohne eigene Homepage!