Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 18:47:01 -0600 (CST) From: mailing list account <lists@argus.flash.net> To: gorilla@elaine.drink.com (Gorilla) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SyQuest EZ135 Removable cartridge disk drive Message-ID: <199601190047.SAA01034@argus.flash.net> In-Reply-To: <199601182256.RAA28457@elaine.drink.com> from "Gorilla" at Jan 18, 96 05:56:33 pm
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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
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