On Sat, 27 Sep 2008 09:44:07 +1000 jonathan michaels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i do not understand this .. i mean i do not understant how freebsd can > take a drive with the cylinders/heads/sectors that produces xxx > million sectors that muitiplied by 512 bytes producs 120 gb (real gb) > solaris also identifies this as a 120 gb drive as do several linux > distrinutions (centos and ubuntu based). > FreeBSD is reporting it in 1024-based units like memory/storage is usually reported within OSs - it's just that the use of MiB etc hasn't really caught on. Manufacturers use decimal units. It's actually reporting 114440MB rather than the 114GB you mentioned, so it's a factor of (1000/1024)^2 not (1000/1024)^3. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
