[ale] Big Direv! Where is the space.

[Wandered Inn]

Chris Fowler wrote:
> 
> hello,
> 
> I just purchased a Segate 20.4GB drive and made it ext2 filesystem.  When I
> do 'df -h' I see around 19.2GB.  Where did all my space go.  I am creating
> the FS with 4096 bytes per inode.  Is there somehting else I should be doing
> to get the maximum space allowed/

You may well be a victim of a bit of marketing.  Most drive
manufacturers define 1 gig as 1,000,000,000, and not based on the 1024
== k.
 
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris
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