>>> On Tue, May 2, 2006 at 10:20 PM, in message
<200605022220.34899.rnr@sanctum.com>, Bob Stia <rnr@sanctum.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday 02 May 2006 16:28, Eben King wrote:
>
>> Problem: DVDs use the "HD vendor" definition of GB, 10^9 B, whereas
ls and
>> friends use the "everywhere else in computers" definition of GB,
2^30 B.
>> 4.7 * 10^9 B = 4.38 * 2^30 B. And 4.5 > 4.38. Did you take that
into
>> account?
>
> Noooooo...Because all of the mailing lists dealing with
ripping/copying say
> to
> keep it under 4.7GB and it will work OK. Could have sworn that media
from a
>
> different manufacturer (Memorex) could handle an "everywhere else in
> computers" file size of 4.5GB.
>
> Bob S.
> /dev/dvdrecorder: 2295104 blocks are free, 2383008 to be written
Well...let's do some math.
2,295,104 x 2048 = 4,700,372,992
2,383,008 x 2048 = 4,880,400,384
You have more data than you think. 87,904 blocks totalling 180,027,392
bytes more to be exact.
JP
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