Lewis, James M. dixit: > Just a guess. I think it sees the whole thing. Disk drive makers > sometimes use 1000bytes as 1k, whereas, most folks use 1024. The disk > folks think 1,000,000,000 bytes is 1G. Others think 1,073,741,824 bytes > is 1G. 6 x 1G = 6,442,459,944 bytes. Which 6.4G if you use the 1000 > for 1k base. It depends on which def of 1k you use. I suspect the > linux utilities use 1024=1k. Read the fine print to see what the drive > manufacturer uses for 1k.
I've experienced the same with a supposedly ~4.3GB seagate, which both the BIOS and Linux read as 4.1GB... your guess makes a lot of sense, and its consequence is that we're being fooled by HDD manufacturers. -- Un saludo, Horacio [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Quis custodiet ipsos custodet? ------------------------------
