[iyonix-support] Re: Max external USB disc size
- From: Paul Vigay <lists-nospam@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:16:26 +0100
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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