RE: Which Kernal supports over 6.0 GB HD
I don't think this is the case since this the drive is a Western Digital
26400 Caviar and it does report 6GB excatly it reports 6.14...GB
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> From: Lewis, James M. [SMTP:Jim.Lewis@alcoa.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 1999 10:56 AM
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> Subject: RE: Which Kernal supports over 6.0 GB HD
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> 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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> >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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