On Mon, 2 Jul 2001, Rom Flores wrote:
>
> Another reason is that, I think hard, disks put the actual capacity on the
> disk. i.e. 1k = 1000 bytes and not 1 k = 1024 bytes. Thus the deviation on
> the readings.
>
1k = 1024 bytes is the official definition. Hard disk manufacturers like
to pretend otherwise because it makes ignorant people think their disk
drives are bigger than they actually are. "Sic semper discus mundi" as
Lars Wirzenius was once quoted to say on this topic. (see the Linux SAG)
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