From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 3 15:31:21 2003 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 72A0837B401 for ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 15:31:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from alpha.yumyumyum.org (dsl092-171-091.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.92.171.91]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD47D43F79 for ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 15:31:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from culverk@yumyumyum.org) Received: from alpha.yumyumyum.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by alpha.yumyumyum.org (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h13NTg95089072; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 18:29:42 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from culverk@yumyumyum.org) Received: from localhost (culverk@localhost) by alpha.yumyumyum.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) with ESMTP id h13NTft8089069; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 18:29:42 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from culverk@yumyumyum.org) X-Authentication-Warning: alpha.yumyumyum.org: culverk owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 18:29:41 -0500 (EST) From: Kenneth Culver To: Ben Hyde Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 200Gig disk shrinks to 124 upon install In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20030203182827.N8028-100000@alpha.yumyumyum.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,X_AUTH_WARNING,AWL version=2.31 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Maybe you should try to use a later version of FreeBSD before becoming sad :-) I'm not sure that would help, but then we'd at least be sure that the latest kernel still has the same problem or behavior that you're seeing. It could also have something to do with the "dedicated" disklabel. Ken On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, Ben Hyde wrote: > I casually installed a 200 Gig dis on a 4.3-stable freebsd system. I > quickly followed the directions in > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks- > adding.html section "12.3.2.2 Dedicated". df -g now reports that the > resulting disk is only 124 Gig, so I'm sad and confused. I expected > some shrinkage, but not quite so much. ideas? > > This is what disklabel reports... > > # disklabel ad3 > # /dev/ad3c: > type: unknown > disk: amnesiac > label: > flags: > bytes/sector: 512 > sectors/track: 63 > tracks/cylinder: 16 > sectors/cylinder: 1008 > cylinders: 266305 > sectors/unit: 268435455 > rpm: 3600 > interleave: 1 > trackskew: 0 > cylinderskew: 0 > headswitch: 0 # milliseconds > track-to-track seek: 0 # milliseconds > drivedata: 0 > > 8 partitions: > # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] > c: 268435455 0 unused 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - > 266305*) > f: 268435455 0 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 0 - > 266305*) > > thanks for any help - ben > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message