Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 21 Jan 1999 15:53:39 -0500 (EST) | From | Gregory Maxwell <> | Subject | RE: 10.2 Gig HDD |
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1247heads*255cyl*63spt*512bytespersec = 10256924160bytes 10256924160/1024 = 10016527.5000KB 10016527.5/1024 = 9781.7651MB
Linux is refering to MB=1024*1024 Bytes, while windows is refering to Marketing Bytes which is 1000*1000 bytes.
Your 10GB drive isn't, Linux sees it fine.
On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, Craig Whitmore wrote:
> 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/machine > add up right? > Has anyone else here one of these HDD's in their machine?
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