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

[Deryk Barker <dbarker@turing.cs.camosun.bc.ca>]

Thus spake John Hasler (john@dhh.gt.org):

> 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.

Which, unless my eyes are far worse than my optician thinks, is
*precisely* the number I entered above. 

Evidently I'm missing your point.

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