On Wed, 2009-11-25 at 08:49 +0100, M. Fioretti wrote:
> On Wed, November 25, 2009 8:47 am, Jussi Lehtola wrote:
> > Please paste also the output of
> >  # fdisk -l /dev/sda
> 
> 
> Here it is, thanks:
> 
> [r...@polaris ~]# fdisk -l /dev/sda
> 
> Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes

                 ^^^^^^^^

so your disk really is 250GB in size. Which logical, since I have never
seen 350GB disks, only 300GB and 320GB...


(If you want more proof, run
 # hdparm -I /dev/sda
which gives you the info on the drive, for example

/dev/sda:

ATA device, with non-removable media
        Model Number:       ST9320325AS                             
        Serial Number:      6VD063Z1
        Firmware Revision:  0002SDM1
        Transport:          Serial
Standards:
        Used: unknown (minor revision code 0x0029) 
        Supported: 8 7 6 5 
        Likely used: 8
Configuration:
        Logical         max     current
        cylinders       16383   16383
        heads           16      16
        sectors/track   63      63
        --
        CHS current addressable sectors:   16514064
        LBA    user addressable sectors:  268435455
        LBA48  user addressable sectors:  625142448
        Logical/Physical Sector size:           512 bytes
        device size with M = 1024*1024:      305245 MBytes
        device size with M = 1000*1000:      320072 MBytes (320 GB)

and a lot of other stuff, too.

-- 
Jussi Lehtola
Fedora Project Contributor
jussileht...@fedoraproject.org

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