On 02/23/2010 01:16 PM, Michael D. Setzer II wrote: >> Dear list >> >> I've installed 320GB hdd but Disk Usage Analyzer shows the following >> >> Total filesystem capacity 288.6GB ( used 53.1 GB available 235.4 GB ) >> >> 320.00 GB >> >> - (minus) 288.60 GB >> --------------------------------------- >> 31.40 GB ( what about this missing space ... >> where is it ? ) >> >> >> how do I utilize missing space of 31.40 GB ...where it has gone ?????? >> >> >> This is the output of fdisk -l >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System >> /dev/sda1 * 1 26 204800 83 Linux >> Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. >> /dev/sda2 26 14593 117013441 8e Linux LVM >> /dev/sda3 14594 38913 195350400 83 Linux >> >> > First off, do and fdisk -l /dev/sda > The physical info on /dev/sda wasn't included. > > Takes the Heads * Sectors * Cylinders / 2 to get true size. > Many manufactures use GB to be 1,000,000,000 bytes instead of a true GB. > The machine I am using at the moment gives these numbers. > 255 Heads * 63 Sectors * 19452 cylinders = 312496380 total sectors > Divide by 2 to get 1K units, and it is 156248190KB > Divide by 1024 to get 1M units, and it is 152586.12MB > Divide by 1024 to get 1G units, and it is 149.01GB. > But the Drive is called a 160GB disk? > Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160000000000 bytes > > Thus there is a difference of about 11GB of size. > > If you did a disk image from a drive with different settings, you might > need to use a partitioning tool to reset the options. I've used Parted > Magic in the past. > > > > > > > > I've used clonezilla to ...for disk to disk dump ( 160 gb to 320gb ) -- °v° /(_)\ ^ ^ Jatin Khatri Registerd Linux user No #501175 www.counter.li.org No M$ -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
