On Sunday 24 December 2006 16:27, christophe.rhein wrote:
> Hello and Merry Christmas to all!
> I got an external 320 GB USB HD.
> It is recognized as removable drive but I get only 298 GB out of 320 GB!
> What happened to the rest?
> How shall I format the disk so I can read and write this HD under XP and
> linux?
> Is it possible to partition this HD so I can backup my home partition
> and also store multimedia files on a second partition?
> Thank you
It is the old "how is the data capacity counted on a hard drive? Let me count
the ways. No can't count that high. So anyhow, your hard drive is recognized
properly by linux, it is just that the bits are counted properly by linux
OS's and to their own advantage by the Manufacturers. Like gas mileage
figures on the new car sticker. Linux uses 1028bytes to a kbit and the
manufacturers use 1000 so they get 320 and linux gets 298. I may be off on my
numbers there but you get the idea. There is also some space on the drive for
overhead that linux doesn't count if i recall. Somebody who really knows
something about this oughta jump in here. HTH
--
Dennis M. linux user #180842
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