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On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 05:32:26PM +0000, cantisan wrote:

> I installed a HD 40 GB Seagate, I used fdisk to create
> one partition with 40 GB, after that I use mkfs to
> format the partition, both without any problem. But
> instead of 40 GB I only have 31 GB, I tryied again and
> the problem persist, anyone can help me ?

   This sounds suspiciously like a hardware/BIOS issue.  Large hard
drives often have a jumper to limit their size as a broken BIOS
workaround.  It looks like Seagate calls theirs "Alternate Capacity".
Check the installation manual for your model.

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