From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 30 13:07:10 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA25349 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 30 May 1998 13:07:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lucy.bedford.net (lucy.bedford.net [206.99.145.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA25281 for ; Sat, 30 May 1998 13:06:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from listread@lucy.bedford.net) Received: (from listread@localhost) by lucy.bedford.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA19058; Sat, 30 May 1998 15:47:06 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from listread) Message-Id: <199805301947.PAA19058@lucy.bedford.net> Subject: Re: Download problens In-Reply-To: from Dan at "May 30, 98 10:14:45 am" To: dmeleaso@bw.edu (Dan) Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 15:47:06 -0400 (EDT) Cc: rnott@hpbs4685.boi.hp.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-no-archive: yes Reply-to: djv@bedford.net From: CyberPeasant X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Dan wrote: > > > > How can I fit a 1.47mb file on a 1.44mb disk. When I download the file, the size is 1.47. > > > > > 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 -- DISCLAIMER: If it can be disclaimed, it is. DISCLAIMER: In particular, I don't represent any organization. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message