Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 06:10:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/39101: Misplaced parenthesis in the FAQ? Message-ID: <200206131310.g5DDA5A96019@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/39101; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net>
To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: docs/39101: Misplaced parenthesis in the FAQ?
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 14:06:23 +0100
On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 10:30:03AM -0700, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> On 2002-06-12 08:31 +0100, Ceri Davies wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 05:00:07PM -0700, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> > >
> > > - <para>The maximum size of a single ffs file is approximately 1G
> > > - blocks (4TB) if the block size is 4K.</para>
> > > + <para>When the block size is 4KB, the maximum size of a single ffs
> > > + file is approximately 4TB (4096 * 1GB blocks = 4TB).</para>
> >
> > s/GB/G/
>
> Right. This way it will match the style of the rest of this
> particular question/answer ;)
Actually, I'd like to change my answer again if I may.
Not so much on style grounds, but more to do with the placement of units really.
It should actually be more like :
4096B * 1G = 4TB
(bytes - bytes)
just as in :
4096m * 1000 = 4096km
(metres - meters)
and :
4096m / 10s = 40.96m/s
(metres seconds metres per second)
[sheesh, what a pedant - sorry]
The proposed patch above makes it sound like the block size is 1GB !
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