Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!uunet!europa.asd.contel.com!gatech!prism!bb16 From: bb16@prism.gatech.EDU (Scott Bostater) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: How to access all of a 676MB ESDI Seagate/WREN under DOS 5 ? Message-ID: <31635@hydra.gatech.EDU> Date: 21 Jun 91 18:03:24 GMT References: <31526@hydra.gatech.EDU> <1991Jun18.173113.16027@riacs.edu> Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Lines: 20 In article <1991Jun18.173113.16027@riacs.edu> endter@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (Bill Endter RCU/DEC) writes: [My erroneous statements deleted ] > Are you saying that CHKDSK gives you 106,xxx,xxx bytes total disk space, >or 111,xxx,xxx bytes. CHKDSK should give you 111,xxx,xxx bytes total disk space using the above parameters. (1072*7*29*512) If CHKDSK is giving you >106,xxx,xxx then I think DOS is only looking at 1024 cylinders. (1024*7*29*512) Oops! Looks like I started talking before I got my facts straight. The software I used to check the free space right after the format responded with 106 MB. I took it to mean 106 * 1024 * 1024 bytes. They meant 106 * 10^6 bytes. Sorry about wasting the net bandwidth.... -- Scott Bostater Georgia Tech Research Institute - Radar Systems Analysis "My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from Him" -Ps 62.1 uucp: ...!{allegra,amd,hplabs,ut-ngp}!gatech!prism!bb16 Internet: bb16@prism.gatech.edu