Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 21 Jan 1999 11:48:19 -0500 | From | Myrdraal <> | Subject | Re: 10.2 Gig HDD |
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On Thu, Jan 21, 1999 at 06:23:35PM +1300, Craig Whitmore wrote: Hi, > I tried linux hda=1247,255,63 > I have kernel 2.0.36 (Redhat 5.2 base system) > Booting off a boot floppy .... Loads up > and hda: QUANTUM FIREBALL EX10.2A 9789MB w/418kB Cache, CHS=1247/255/63, > UDMA > > To my Knowledge 9789MB Not Equal 10.2Gig > If I boot up in Windows with this drive it says it should be 10263MB > Total,Total LBA Sectors 20033055 > Windows Finds it great (there is a 8.4? Gig limit on win95?) whcih the disk > manager fixes? > What is the problem? Me? Linux? The Bios? The Machine? Or can't I add up > right? This is probably because hard drive manufacturers say that 1mb is 1,000,000 bytes. (They do this to inflate the apparent size.) Since computers use base 2, one megabyte is 1,048,576 bytes. That is probably the reason for the size difference. -Myrdraal -- Linux jackalz 2.2.0-final #41 Thu Jan 21 05:00:59 EST 1999 i586 unknown 11:41am up 6:28, 24 users, load average: 0.00, 0.04, 0.02 **[ Linux: Because a penguin makes a better mascot than Satan. ]**
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