linux-kernel - Re: PROBLEM: KB->KiB, MB -> MiB, ... (IEC 60027-2)

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Message-ID: <m364ax28da.fsf@maximus.localdomain>
Date:	Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:14:09 +0100
From:	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>
To:	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...e.de>
Cc:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>,
	Heikki Orsila <shdl@...alwe.fi>, Bodo Eggert <7eggert@....de>,
	Tony Foiani <tkil@...ye.com>,
	Leon Woestenberg <leon.woestenberg@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, David Schwartz <davids@...master.com>
Subject: Re: PROBLEM: KB->KiB, MB -> MiB, ... (IEC 60027-2)

Andreas Schwab <schwab@...e.de> writes:

> The exact number of sectors is often printend on the label.

Sure, I'd even say "almost always" for recent disks. Still, they
count in GBs, not sectors.

OTOH it would be great if they say "xxx,xxx,xxx 512-byte sectors",
and maybe "approx. X GB".
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa
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