[Fedora] Re: large disk space problem?

[Ashley M. Kirchner]

John Summerfield wrote:
>>    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix
> On reading that, it seems to me that IEC didn't redefine anything, 
> they sought to correct the earlier mistake and introduce alternative 
> terminology.
    You are correct in that they didn't redefine anything.  They're 
trying to point out that kilo = kilo (10^3), and kibi = 2^10.  What I 
meant with redefining is, what people *think* a kilo is when it comes to 
computer terms.  Wrong choice of words.