Re: OT - Convert output of byte count to GB count?
Hallo,
* Jerry Stuckle [Sat, Feb 16 2013, 01:36:42PM]:
> >>>>On 2/16/2013 5:43 AM, Eduard Bloch wrote:
> >>>>>In fact, the main reason for becoming a drama is the impression that
> >>>>>numbers have on some people's mind. "I bought a 32 gig stick and Windows
> >>>>>says it's not even 30 gig on it... that's FRAUD!!"
> >>>
> >>>>Sure it has 32GB on it. But that doesn't mean 32GB is available for
> >>>>your files. There is OS overhead, also.
> >>>
> >>>Bullshit. Overhead does not consume 7% of the disk capacity. This is
> >>>just the difference between 1 GiB and 1 GB.
Funny. I made an example to demonstrate the irrational
effects that numbers have on people, and you both immediately start a
holy war based on it.
> >>Overhead can easily take up 7% of the disk, depending on the file system
> >>being used.
> >
> >Let me rephrase it. Can you provide an example of a freshly created
> >filesystem of a common size with an overhead of at least 7%, i.e. with
> >the free space being less than 93 % of the raw size ?
> >
> >
>
> How about answering my question. Exactly which disk do you have
I am with him. There is no real question from you that I could discover
so far, just some attempts to distract attention after not understanding
the point (or even the content) of the original example.
Regards,
Eduard.
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