Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:02:56 +0000 From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSDInstall ISO images Message-ID: <20110111130256.000044d9@unknown> In-Reply-To: <4D2B0267.6020505@bsdimp.com> References: <4D28EB32.9090807@freebsd.org> <20110109030056.0000613f@unknown> <4D2B0267.6020505@bsdimp.com>
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On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 05:58:15 -0700 Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote: > That raises the question: The computer industry has given in and > generally says 'G' mean 10^9 not 2^30. The latter is what Gi means. > While bletcherous to my eye, I think we should consider adopting this > standard at some point. I'm not sure the industry in general has given in - for example I haven't seen any 2 GiB memory modules for sale. Apple has instead changed the meaning of GB in OS X when used to refer to disks - http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2419 . -- Bruce Cran
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