summary : disklabel & show device are different

From: jean.schuller <schuller_at_sbgal4.in2p3.fr>
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 10:35:52 +0100 (MET)

        Hi all,

        5 minutes to get the response. Many thanks to Sakellaris Alexander
        who explained :

        
The raw capacity might well be 9.1GB. But, the capacity (formated) drops
when you put a filesystem on it, which disklabel (halfway) does (it
partitions it).
 

        JEAN



My question :
> I installed a new 9Gb disk onto my station.
> When I look at >>>show dev, I have 9,12Gb (Model MAB3091SP)
> but after making disklabel -rw /dev/rrz1c /dev/rrz1c
> my disk label shows :
>
> # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg]
> a: 131072 0 unused 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - 52*)
> b: 262144 131072 unused 0 0 # (Cyl. 52*- 158*)
> c: 17824700 0 unused 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 -7187*)
>
>
> My questions : partition c=17824700, does'it mean the disk
> space is only 8.9 Go ?? Why the difference between show device
> and disklabel ??
>

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