[Linux-Anyway] Re: checking the md5sums of burn CD's
- From: John Richard Smith <bagsofchoice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Linux-Anyway@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 00:02:14 +0100
Godwin Stewart wrote:
>On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 23:41:34 +0100, John Richard Smith
><bagsofchoice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>One further question if I may , why devide by 2048 , isn't there 1024 to
>>a sector ?
>>
>
>No, a sector on a Yellow Book CD-ROM is 2048 bytes.
>
I see,
so I'm thinking of something else.
Probably the old cylinders limit.
Just out of curiosity , 2048 , how does it come to be that number,
does this signify something in particular in binary systems ?
John
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