> > > On Sep 4, 2008, at 12:33 PM, Michael B. in Cincinnati wrote: > >> I need to >> repartition the drive at 128 GB, which translates to 137,016 MB. > > 128 * 1024 = 131,072.
Exactly. Some things to understand, is that: 1GB = 1028MB, and not 1000 MB, and that when a disk is formatted, you "lose" space due to maintenance / indexing / allocation needs of the system ... maybe even bad sectors being mapped out. Perhaps people said that already ... I don't use these factoids enough to remember them from time to time ... Bill Connelly Musician and Painter artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio/ myspace.com: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
