[8929] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: drives not reported as full size
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan Hollis)
Tue May 30 20:38:29 2000
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 16:53:29 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dan Hollis <goemon@sasami.anime.net>
To: Gavin Clark <gavin@datacor.com>
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
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On Tue, 30 May 2000, Gavin Clark wrote:
> I have two new IBM drives. they are supposed to be 18.2 Gb but they are only
> reported as 17.5Gb by linux and the scsi bios.
> is this normal or can I change a setting or two to get the full capacity.
18000000/1024 = 17578
Welcome to the wonderful world of vendor specs != pc measurement units
-Dan
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