Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2004 18:10:39 -0700 From: Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> To: David Gilbert <dgilbert@dclg.ca> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 652 meg cd? Message-ID: <4020468F.20800@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <16416.4726.600088.834482@canoe.dclg.ca>
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David Gilbert wrote: > Heh. I don't know if this is actually for -STABLE yet... what's the > judgement on that? But 5.2.1-RC disk 1 is a 652 meg ISO. Now I know > that we're arguing about disk sizes again here ... and that most cds > are 700 M, but the cd-rw's I have around are only 650 M. > > Dave. > Let me check my math again.... > ls -la 5.2.1-RC-i386-disc1.iso -rw-r--r-- 1 scottl archive 672792576 Jan 31 20:05 5.2.1-RC-i386-disc1.iso > dc 672792576 1024 / p 657024 1024 / p 641 That is to say that the image is 641MB, where a MB == MegaByte == 1024 * 1024 bytes. This is the standard way that CD capacities are measured. If your initial starting size is different from was I just pasted in, then you might want to check the MD5 and verify that what you have (or where you got it from) is not corrupt. Scotthome | help
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