Messages in this thread | | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: patch for sd.c: fix MB vs. GB | Date | Mon, 28 Dec 1998 16:09:20 -0800 (PST) |
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> On Mon, 28 Dec 1998, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > > > > > > Well, Mi.B is much nicer then having it labeld MB but really be millions > > > of bytes. Actually it would be nice for it to say [1024 MB/1073 Mi.B]. > > > > > > > Why not simply list it as bytes? > > > > -hpa > > Actually, that is a GREAT idea! :) Actually, why bother listing it.. The > size of the drive in bytes isn't going to be useful to anyone who can't > multiply sector size * numsectors (both of which are on the line). >
No, but if you want powers of 10 then 18,210,047,488 bytes will tell you that it is 18.2 marketing gigabytes (17,366 real MB, 17.0 real GB; 2.2.0-pre1 gets the last figure wrong.)
-hpa
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