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Re: hard disk size



"Brian J. McHugh" wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have a IBM PS/2 77-OUA 486SX with a 212 MB HD (I accept condolences).
> 
> It appears that cfdisk only detects 200 MB of the 212 MB. Is this normal?
> 
> Thanks,
>     Brian

This may be your standard Manufacturer Calling 1,000,000 bytes a
MB when it's really 1048576 bytes  so they can call their
disks bigger than they actually are.  I don't have a 
calculator on me so I can't tell, but it's certianly something
to check.

--Evan


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