On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 08:14:32PM -0700, Benjamin S Carrell wrote:
> I would think that you lose that space to formatting
That would be irrelevant. We're looking at the kernel's summation of
the geometry, not the filesystem's description of usable space.
> (would it not get the size of the drive from the bios?)
No, the kernel tends not to rely on the BIOS for geometry. Which is
usually very wise.
> but I stand open for correction.
Same here. It's always a good idea. :-)
Is this perhaps Maxtor providing their own 'non-standard'[1] definition
of gigabyte, rather than a technical issue?
- Chris.
[1]: (viz. 'wrong')
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