On Monday 21 February 2005 09:45, Colin wrote: > Does Linux just report the drive size differently (mebibyte vs. > megabyte?) or has this hard drive sought its last sector?
Reported drive sizes may vary considerably depending on what file system you're using. >From the size of your partitions, it would appear that the disk has less than one gigabyte total. What's that -- vintage '96? While it certainly may be a educating experience to watch as an old disk arrives at its final death throes, it's usually only a waste of time. -- Leif Biberg Kristensen -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
