[iyonix-support] Re: Max external USB disc size

In a dim and distant universe <1f55f2c14f.Brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
   Brian Howlett <brian.groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> enlightened us thusly:
> Surely you are aware of the concept of "marketing" GigaBytes? I would
> think that the advertised 250GB is made up of these, where a MB is 1000
> bytes, and a GB is 1000 of those - making the drive 250*1000*1000 bytes,
> or around 233GB in real money...

Erm, yes. Hence me saying in the original message that it appeared on the
iconbar with 233GB free. :-)

However, this is still larger than the rumoured 200GB limit for the Iyonix,
so I was wondering if the limit only applied to internal (IDE) drives
rather than external USB devices....?

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