From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:40845 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753543AbaLDNAs (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Dec 2014 08:00:48 -0500 Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 14:00:44 +0100 From: Karel Zak To: Matthew Eaton Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: fdisk units size Message-ID: <20141204130044.GH1994@x2.net.home> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 04:19:25PM -0800, Matthew Eaton wrote: > Hello, I have a quick question regarding recent fdisk. > > I noticed fdisk -l now uses base 2 (GiB) instead of base 10 (GB) to > calculate device size. This is good, but sometimes it is nice to see when sometimes? > the base 10 calculation, can this be toggled with a switch? I can't > find a recent man page for fdisk. Frankly, use 10 based calculation in IT is ugly thing, we are not hard disk device marketing guys... Karel -- Karel Zak http://karelzak.blogspot.com