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In message <43l0mr$qc5@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz> - j.clarke@student.canterbury.a
c.nz    (Justin Clarke) writes:
> 
> In <DF3rLn.B0y@midway.uchicago.edu>, pynq@ellis.uchicago.edu (Jeremy Mathers) writes:
> >Also note that the real number is 504Mb, not 528.  Do not allow yourself
> >to be swayed by marketing hype/terminology.
> 
> Yes, but hard drive manufacturers use 1Mb = 1,000,000bytes not 1,048,576bytes...

Yes, but:

1) Every commonly-used software utility uses "MB" to mean "1,048,576 bytes,"
   so advice to (say) keep partition limits under 528MB sometimes leads to
   frustration or confusion when somebody creates a 527MB partition, thinking
   it'll boot, and then it doesn't.  (I've seen and answered posts with this
   as the cause of the problem.)
2) As the "1,048,576" number results in lower values for number of MB, it's
   generally safer when limits or whatnot come into play.  (This is really
   just a more general case of #1, of course.)

					--Rod Smith
					  RSMITH@PSYCH.COLORADO.EDU