From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from resqmta-po-04v.sys.comcast.net ([96.114.154.163]:56808 "EHLO resqmta-po-04v.sys.comcast.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751537AbaLIVRH (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Dec 2014 16:17:07 -0500 Received: from hobgoblin.ariadne.com (hobgoblin.ariadne.com [127.0.0.1]) by hobgoblin.ariadne.com (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id sB9LH5xr014330 for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2014 16:17:05 -0500 From: worley@alum.mit.edu (Dale R. Worley) To: util-linux@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: fdisk units size & disk manufacturers buying the standard In-Reply-To: <54862BFC.8070402@earthlink.net> (mrmazda@earthlink.net) Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 16:17:05 -0500 Message-ID: <87d27s8qwe.fsf@hobgoblin.ariadne.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Felix Miata writes: > Whether SI got the Bs & bs right I won't get into, but they did get logically > correct exposing the hijacking of the centuries old decimal concepts > represented by K, M, G, T, et al, and interjecting "i" to delineate a > considerably less ambiguous powers of two counting system. Indeed, and the most important thing is to make sure that all the utilities use GB vs. GiB correctly. Clear communication neutralizes many other mistakes. Dale