Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 15:47:06 -0400 (EDT) From: CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net> To: dmeleaso@bw.edu (Dan) Cc: rnott@hpbs4685.boi.hp.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Download problens Message-ID: <199805301947.PAA19058@lucy.bedford.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.96.980530101338.23891A-100000@slate.bw.edu> from Dan at "May 30, 98 10:14:45 am"
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Dan wrote:
>
> <snip>
> > How can I fit a 1.47mb file on a 1.44mb disk. When I download the file, the size is 1.47.
> >
> <snip>
>
> I believe Microsoft has program to format disks to 1.47megs.
>
> Dan
>
We're up against "what is 1K" again. A standard floppy holds 2880
512byte blocks = 1474560 bytes, after formatting in the usual way.
There are no arguments about this.
Now: how many megabytes is that? if 1Meg = 1,000,000 bytes, that's
1.47... megabytes. If 1 Meg = 1000 * 1024, that's 1.44 megabytes.
If 1 Meg = 1024*1024 bytes, it's 1.41 MB. Take your pick.
Computer science is an experimental science. In this case, just
see if the file fits on the floppy. (It does, using rawrite.exe or
fdimage.exe, under DOG. With unix, use
dd if=the_file of=/dev/rfd0 bs=1k count=1440)
Another, quicker, path to this result: "Here's this distribution that
every hacker worth an fsck on the planet has installed, and it has
all these 1474560 byte floppy-images. I bet those'll fit on these
standard MS-DOG formatted floppies I have such a big pile of..."
Sorry, folks, I'm just feeling a little puckish today.
Dave
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