From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (ext-mx04.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.110.28]) by int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id tA8Jmkgb005651 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 8 Nov 2015 14:48:46 -0500 Received: from bugzy.highpoweredhelp.com (173-165-161-162-atlanta.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [173.165.161.162]) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FF7414AA2 for ; Sun, 8 Nov 2015 19:48:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ABRAHAM.highpoweredhelp.local (highpoweredhelp.com [173.165.161.161]) by bugzy.highpoweredhelp.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A9051C5E for ; Sun, 8 Nov 2015 14:45:57 -0500 (EST) Received: from [IPv6:::1] (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by d7.highpoweredhelp.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id D27921E0187 for ; Sun, 8 Nov 2015 14:48:44 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <563FA71C.90903@highpoweredhelp.com> Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 14:48:44 -0500 From: Michael Munger MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <563F8940.3020706@highpoweredhelp.com> <563FA45F.4030105@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <563FA45F.4030105@gmail.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] dd on a lv? Reply-To: LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: LVM general discussion and development On 11/08/2015 02:37 PM, Zdenek Kabelac wrote: > Please check you compare sizes in same 'units' > > dd reports sizes in 1000 units > while lvm2 normally in 1024 > > > And basically if you want to hear any 'analysis' - you need to show us > > 'dmsetup table' This makes sense, and may be what the other poster was saying, but I mis-understood them to have it backwards. If dd is reporting TB (base 1000) and lvm2 is reporting TiB (base 1024), then that's the answer. Thanks!