[conspire] output from gparted doesn't explain missing GiBs

[Darlene Wallach]

I ran gparted after running dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=512
count=200. It didn't make a difference in terms of size of the disk.

even though I told gparted to start at 0, but it did not start at 0:

Here is the output from running gparted:

GParted 0.4.8

Libparted 1.8.8
Create Primary Partition #1 (ext3, 902.22 GiB) on /dev/sdb  00:26:58
 ( SUCCESS )
     	
create empty partition  00:00:05    ( SUCCESS )
     	
path: /dev/sdb1
start: 34
end: 1892087504
size: 1892087471 (902.22 GiB)
set partition type on /dev/sdb1  00:00:01    ( SUCCESS )
     	
new partition type: ext3
create new ext3 file system  00:26:52    ( SUCCESS )
     	
mkfs.ext3 -L "Wallach1TData" /dev/sdb1
     	
Filesystem label=Wallach1TData
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
59129856 inodes, 236510933 blocks
11825546 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
Maximum filesystem blocks=0
7218 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
8192 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
4096000, 7962624, 11239424, 20480000, 23887872, 71663616, 78675968,
102400000, 214990848

Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (32768 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

This filesystem will be automatically checked every 32 mounts or
180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
mke2fs 1.41.4 (27-Jan-2009)

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Create Primary Partition #2 (ext3, 29.29 GiB) on /dev/sdb  00:00:55
( SUCCESS )
     	
create empty partition  00:00:03    ( SUCCESS )
     	
path: /dev/sdb2
start: 1892087505
end: 1953520064
size: 61432560 (29.29 GiB)
set partition type on /dev/sdb2  00:00:01    ( SUCCESS )
     	
new partition type: ext3
create new ext3 file system  00:00:51    ( SUCCESS )
     	
mkfs.ext3 -L "SaveLaptopFileSystem" /dev/sdb2
     	
Filesystem label=SaveLaptopFileSy
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
1921360 inodes, 7679070 blocks
383953 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
Maximum filesystem blocks=0
235 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
8176 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
4096000

Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (32768 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

This filesystem will be automatically checked every 36 mounts or
180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
mke2fs 1.41.4 (27-Jan-2009)

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Will I get different results, like more than 931.51Gib available if I
run cfdisk?

Thank you

Darlene Wallach
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