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#1 2012-10-15 02:55:23

zcal
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[SOLVED] gdisk reports less disk space than cfdisk

I did a fresh install of Arch today and decided to try partitioning GPT style with gdisk.  I noticed that gdisk reported 10gb less disk space in total than cfdisk (149 vs 160gb respectively).  I haven't been able to find an answer as to why this would be.  Does anyone know?

Thanks!

Last edited by zcal (2012-10-21 16:02:21)

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#2 2012-10-15 03:48:21

Jristz
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Re: [SOLVED] gdisk reports less disk space than cfdisk

counfound GB and GiB make me feel that I have 20G less but is fake

check GB vs GiB make these thipes of diferences

the best form is check in the same unit


Well, I suppose that this is somekind of signature, no?

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#3 2012-10-15 11:09:55

teateawhy
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Re: [SOLVED] gdisk reports less disk space than cfdisk

nice picture that explains it]Binaryvdecimal.svg.png
Here you can see the difference is around 7 percent in the scale of gigabytes.
160*0,067=10,72

Last edited by teateawhy (2012-10-15 11:11:24)

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#4 2012-10-21 16:01:51

zcal
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Re: [SOLVED] gdisk reports less disk space than cfdisk

Yep.  The different measurements are the problem.  Thanks!

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