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Re: Knoppix ISO image is 715MB - How Do I burn it ?



Deryk Barker writes:
> Actually it's mainly the hard drive manufacturers.

And the ISO.

> To them 1GB = 1,000,000,000 as you note above.

Correct.  Giga -> 10^9 = 1,000,000,000.

> Of course, most software does the right thing and report in terms of
> powers of 2, where 1GB = 1,073,741,824.

Incorrect.  Gibi -> 2^30 = 1,073,741,824.
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John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI



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