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Add a new FAQ to the book.

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PR:		docs/59565
Submitted by:	Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-bugs-local@be-well.ilk.org>
Approved by:	trhodes (mentor)
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Jesus R. Camou 2005-03-30 00:30:55 +00:00
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</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question id="manufacturer-disk-size">
<para>Why does &os; see my disk as smaller than the
manufacturer says it is?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>Disk manufacturers calculate gigabytes as a billion bytes
each, whereas &os; calculates them as 1,073,741,824 bytes
each. This explains why, for example, &os;'s boot messages
will report a disk that supposedly has 80GB as holding
76319MB.</para>
<para>Also note that &os; will (by default)
<link linkend="disk-more-than-full">reserve</link> 8% of the disk
space.
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question id="disk-more-than-full">
<para>How is it possible for a partition to be more than 100%