200 GB Drive -- 187 Gig available -- How much room does ext2fs take?

From: xigen (ldap86_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/25/04 

Date: 25 Feb 2004 04:56:32 -0800

I just got a 200 GB Drive and formatted it as ext2fs. Only 187 GB
appear to be available for me to use -- however, the bios sees all
200GB.

1)How much room would you expect the fs to take?
2) How do I see how much room the fs is taking?
3) Where did my 13 Gig go?

All assistance is appreciated.

MW

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