Viggo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Why does Linux only report 515 Mb, when the drive is supposedly 540 Mb?
> (linux using 524/32/63, drive physically 1048/16/63)
All hard drive manufacturers artificially and incorrectly define
1 Mb = 1,000,000 bytes
524*32*63*512 bytes/sector = 540,868
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Regards Vitux
Here's how I do it (it's not the only way):
mkdir newdir
cd olddir
find . -depth -print | cpio -pdmv newdir
This should replicate the whole tree with permissions and symlinks
intact. You have to do it as root, of course, to get ownweships to
replicate.
On Wed, Mar 08, 2000 at 06:19:24PM +0100, V
Hi Debian-folks
Finally got Debian running on my old 486/100, using a WDC 2540 hd (540
Mb),
at hda (hda1).
/home is on an old Seagate 213 Mb (hdc).
Running out of space, I've installed another WDC 2540 on hdd (hdb is the
cd-rom).
After figuring out the way around the 1024 cyl-limit (thanks to the
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