On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 07:33:30AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > >Hi, > > > > > >I bought an 80GB ATA drive and an external enclosure for it. > > > >I connect it on Sid and I see: > > > >... > >SCSI device sdb: 66055248 512-byte hdwr sectors (33820 MB) > >... > > > >running cfdisk /dev/sdb indeed shows 33819.73 MB. > > > >But the face of the disk (Seagate) says 80GB. > > > >Can anybody shed light on this? > >Thanks! > > > >Hugo > > > > > > See you guys aren't watching. > Where did you put the master/slave jumper? > This disk (Seagate: ST380211 Model: 0A) does not mark the pins. > And... I had it on the wrong set of pins! > Now it reads: > > ... > SCSI device sdb: 156301488 512-byte hdwr sectors (80026 MB) > ... > > Watch out! This'll be on the test!
crap. I knew that. how could I have missed it (bangs head on desk). there goes my A. A
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