I don't think this is the case since this the drive is a Western Digital 26400 Caviar and it does report 6GB excatly it reports 6.14...GB
> ---------- > From: Lewis, James M. [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 1999 10:56 AM > To: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org'; 'Person, Roderick' > Cc: 'The recipient's address is unknown.' > Subject: RE: Which Kernal supports over 6.0 GB HD > > 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. > > jim > > >---------- > >From: Person, Roderick[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 1999 10:28 AM > >To: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org' > >Cc: The recipient's address is unknown. > >Subject: Which Kernal supports over 6.0 GB HD > > > >I just bought a 6.4GB but Linux only reads it as 6.0GB, which Kernal do I > >need to get the full access > > > >Thanks. > > > > > >-- > >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > >/dev/null > > > > >
