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Old 08-14-2005, 12:40 PM   #1
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How can I calcuate disk space from cylinders, heads, and sectors?


How can I calcuate disk space from cylinders, heads, and sectors?

I have a 6.4gb hard drive can am getting conflicting data.

The harddrive label says
Capacity: 6.4gb
Cylinders: 16383
Heads: 16
Sectors: 63

fdisk -l says
Capacity: 6849M (6,849,124,864 bytes)
Cylinders: 14,155
Heads: 15
Sectors: 63
Units = cylinders of 945 * 512 = 483,840

Why is there a discrepancy between the hd label and fdisk?

Also when I multiple Units by Cylinders I get 6,848,755,200b which is 369,664 less than the capacity that fdisk calculated. Does units * cyclinders = capcity?

Where does the 945 come from where fdisk says "cylinders of 945"?
 
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"I have a 6.4gb hard drive can am getting conflicting data."

Here is a thread that explains how disk space is calculated:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=171828

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