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Bug#225306: debian-installer: cosmetic suggestions



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On 2003-12-28 17:22, Jay Berkenbilt wrote:
> In the screen that allows mounting and configuration of partitions,
> the abbreviation "GiB" is used for gigabyte and "MiB" for megabyte.
> Although GiB is somewhat understandable, MiB certainly isn't.  I'd
> suggest the standard "GB" and "MB" would be more correct and probably
> less confusing.

actually GiB is Gibibyte and MiB is mebibyte, 
see http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html ,so I'm guessing that the 
MiB and GiB are actually the correct measures.

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