From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 18 16:49:30 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id QAA16953 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 18 Jan 1996 16:49:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from argus.flash.net (root@[206.149.24.19]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA16946 for ; Thu, 18 Jan 1996 16:49:06 -0800 (PST) Received: (from lists@localhost) by argus.flash.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id SAA01034; Thu, 18 Jan 1996 18:47:12 -0600 From: mailing list account Message-Id: <199601190047.SAA01034@argus.flash.net> Subject: Re: SyQuest EZ135 Removable cartridge disk drive To: gorilla@elaine.drink.com (Gorilla) Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 18:47:01 -0600 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199601182256.RAA28457@elaine.drink.com> from "Gorilla" at Jan 18, 96 05:56:33 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk In reply: > > Question: It only formatted to about 128Meg... The docs say it it 135Meg. > > Is this correct ???? > > 128*1024*1024=134217728 > 135*1000*1000=135000000 > > > Disk manufacturers always use 1M = 1e6 bytes, not the 1M = 2^16 > we're used to. The fact this inflates the size by about 4% is > purely co-incidental. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ if you believe this, i have this ranch to sell just west of catalina... Jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" jbryant@argus.flash.net - FlashNet Communications - Ft. Worth, Texas