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DateSat, 29 Aug 1998 16:22:26 -0300
FromHoracio J. Peña <>
SubjectRe: sector size of 2068?
¡Hola!

> What interests me about the resulting behavior is what fdisk says:
> Device Flag Begin Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/sdb1 0 0 4923 8839246+ 83 Linux native
> /dev/sdb3 0 0 4923 8839246+ 5 Whole disk

> Is 8.43 gig really how much is left when you partition off a 9.09 gig
> drive? That just doesn't seem sane. Somebody tell me if I'm crazy.

The 9,1 Gb were "marketer's Gb" = 1.000.000.000 bytes...

The 8,43 gig are "hacker's Gb" = 2^30 bytes...

> -- Peter

HoraPe


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