[ale] Hard Drive Size

[kwc at TheWorld.com (Kenneth W Cochran)]

>Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2005 23:34:53 -0500
>From: Brandon Colbert <brandon at geekrus.net>
>To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
>Subject: [ale] Hard Drive Size
>
>I am setting up Fedora Core 3 as a groupware server for 10 users. The 
>server has 2x80 GB drives, but Linux only recognizes 76 GB. How can I 
>get Linux to recognize the full 80 GB?

It already does.  :)
This is a FAQ somewhere...  Drive manufacturers quote
their sizes in millions or billions of bytes (10^6 & 10^9
respectively).  Your OS uses 1048576 as "mega" (2^20) and
1073741824 (2^30) for "giga," thus "understating" the drive.
It's kinda misleading marketing-wise - they can quote bigger
numbers I guess.

-kc