Big Hard Drive problem
Dear SuSErs, I have recently purchased a 200GB drive. I have formated it with ext2 (the Linux version that I use is out-of-the-box is 7.2). When I share this drive with windows (via Samba) Win98 says that the available disk space is 122 GB?!?!?! Is there anyway that I can format this drive in order to achieve 200GB?? Thanx. Chris
On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 09:51:30 +0300
"Chris Roubekas"
Is there anyway that I can format this drive in order to achieve 200GB??
First off, 200GB doesn't really mean 200GB since most companies uses 1000Kb for 1M. Secondly, the ext2 file system reserves a certain amount of space that can only be written by root. You can tune this with the tune2fs command. Charles -- I did this 'cause Linux gives me a woody. It doesn't generate revenue. (Dave '-ddt->` Taylor, announcing DOOM for Linux)
Charles Philip Chan wrote:
First off, 200GB doesn't really mean 200GB since most companies uses 1000Kb for 1M.
You're confusing GB (gigabytes) with GiB (gigabinary bytes). GB is 10^9, or 1,000,000,000. GiB is 2^30, or 1,073,741,824. Drive makers use GB, not GiB. http://www.everything2.org/index.pl?node=Standard%20SI%20prefixes http://www.everything2.org/index.pl?lastnode_id=1063552&node_id=31363 http://www.everything2.org/index.pl?lastnode_id=31363&node_id=1152213 http://www.everything2.org/index.pl?node_id=595150 -- "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom...." Proverbs 9:10 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/partitioningindex.html
On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 07:02:36 -0400
Felix Miata
You're confusing GB (gigabytes) with GiB (gigabinary bytes). GB is 10^9, or 1,000,000,000. GiB is 2^30, or 1,073,741,824. Drive makers use GB, not GiB.
Please refer to these. There is a law suit going on right now. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=581&ncid=581&e=3&u=/nm/20030918/tc_nm/tech_computers_suit_dc http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/18/2245200&mode=thread&tid=123&tid=137&tid=198&tid=99 Charles -- Why use Windows, since there is a door? (By fachat@galileo.rhein-neckar.de, Andre Fachat)
On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 07:02:36 -0400
Felix Miata
Drive makers use GB, not GiB.
It varies, depending on the maker. Charles -- How do I type "for i in *.dvi do xdvi i done" in a GUI? (Discussion in comp.os.linux.misc on the intuitiveness of interfaces.)
Charles Philip Chan wrote on Wed, 1 Oct 2003 08:08:28 -0400:
Felix Miata wrote on Wed, 1 Oct 2003 07:02:36 -0400:
Drive makers use GB, not GiB.
It varies, depending on the maker.
Not among the big 4 (Hitachi, Maxtor, Seagate, WD): http://www.promise.com/support/faq/faq_answer_eng.asp?faq_id=562 -- "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom...." Proverbs 9:10 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/
On Wednesday 01 October 2003 08:51, Chris Roubekas wrote:
Dear SuSErs,
I have recently purchased a 200GB drive. I have formated it with ext2 (the Linux version that I use is out-of-the-box is 7.2). When I share this drive with windows (via Samba) Win98 says that the available disk space is 122 GB?!?!?!
Is there anyway that I can format this drive in order to achieve 200GB??
Sounds to me like you are tryting to use the 200GB as one big partition... right? Microsoft uses totally stupid and archaic methods of accessing hard drives. In Linux you have the luxury and ease of being able to access large drives wihtout limitations. In Windows you are limited by the BIOS being able to identify the drive, and by driver support. Having been through this process recently myself, I found that I was able to easily access, partition and format the 200GB HD from Linux, but Windows2000 totally crapped out on it. I had to flash the motherboard BIOS to the latest version, and then tweak the registry to get Windows to recognise anything above around the 120 to 137GB mark. With Windows98 you are even more limited with what you can do. Have a read here: http://www.48bitlba.com/win98.htm The important bit to take note of is about half way down the page... -------------------------------- Running a fully partitioned 48-bit LBA hard drive with Windows 98 or Me. Since Windows 98 and Me do not natively support 48-bit LBA hard drives larger than 137 GB you cannot use one of these drives partitioned to full capacity without some sort of updated Windows driver which supports 48-bit LBA for the IDE controller which the hard drive is connected to, usually on the motherboard or on a PCI ATA controller adapter. Therefore, your only options to use your 48-bit LBA hard drive at full capacity with Windows 98 or Me are: 1. Use PCI ATA controller adapter to connect the hard drive to the system. A 48-bit LBA driver is provided with the controller. 2. If the hard drive is connected to IDE controller on the motherboard, you need an updated driver for the basic chipset on the motherboard. If the motherboard uses the Intel 8xx chipset family, there is the Intel Application Accelerator. ------------------------------------------ C.
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