I got about the same...after the full format I had 47 of 55(out of 60GB) worth of space left
then I did a custom quick format and gave 10GB to linux and had 39 of 55 gig and after the restore i had 16GB available.
Although I had 3 accounts and folding at home installed(though that shouldn't take up that much space)
I'm going to have to look deeper into this now......
Also, tried to install opensuse 10.3 from the network, but it keeps hanging on me, so I'm going to re-install ydl6(since I have the dvd)
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