----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: "Peter A. Giessel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 4:18 PM Subject: Re: 305 GB hard drive reduced to 266 GB (why?)
> Le Vendredi 2 Février 2007 18:46, Peter A. Giessel a écrit : > > On 2007/02/02 14:39, Peter seems to have typed: > > > I am installing a new 6.2 STABLE system and I am troubled by the > > > amount of available disk space I'm getting on one of my IDE > > > devices: > > > > Its in the FAQ: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html#MANUF > >ACTURER-DISK-SIZE > > I already took account of manufacturer disk size. However, I didn't > know about the FreeBSD 8% rule which accounts for the discrepancy > between my disk size of 289 GB and its available space of 266 GB. > > So now my question becomes "Where does FreeBSD get 289 from 305?". Whall, on Ford small blocks you get a 302 when you bore out a 289, you could probably go the other direction if you sleeved an old tired 302 block down. ;-) Ted _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
