Lief Hendrickson said:
> The multiplication "product" - greater than the product of
> Heads*Cylinders*Sectors*512
> Here is the Linux Fdisk output:
>
> Disk /dev/hda: 61.4 GB, 61491756544 bytes
> 240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7943 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 * 1 2710 20487568+ c W95 FAT32
> (LBA)
> /dev/hda2 2710 7943 39566205 f W95 Ext'd
> (LBA)
> /dev/hda5 2710 4065 10241437+ b W95 FAT32
> /dev/hda6 4065 4078 102280+ 83 Linux
> /dev/hda7 4078 4113 262048+ 82 Linux swap
> /dev/hda8 4113 7943 28953760+ 83 Linux
>
>
> Note the first line says 61,491,756,544 bytes
>
> However, heads * cylinders * sectors * 512 = 240 * 7943 * 63 * 512 =
> 61,490,257,920
>
> The first line of the report is too high by 61,491,756,544 -
> 61,490,257,920
> = 1,498,624 bytes
>
> Where did the extra bytes come from?
Good question. I don't have an answer. Here's what my system says:
Disk /dev/sda: 36.7 GB, 36722061312 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4464 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 262 2104483+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 263 393 1052257+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/sda3 394 4464 32700307+ 8e Linux LVM
255 * 63 * 4464 * 512 = 36717649920
36722061312 - 36717649920 = 4411392
So I either lost, or gained depending upon how you look at it 4.4 Mb
somewhere. :-)
Maybe someone who recognizes this mystery will chime in.
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