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
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>From: Person, Roderick[SMTP:personrp@ccbh.com]
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>Subject: Which Kernal supports over 6.0 GB HD
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>I just bought a 6.4GB but Linux only reads it as 6.0GB, which Kernal do I
>need to get the full access
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>Thanks.
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