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| author | Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> | 2010-09-25 20:23:33 -0400 |
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| committer | Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> | 2010-09-25 20:24:18 -0400 |
| commit | 63feaa13ab1011b40d59011e6ffdc1a07d3423ac (patch) | |
| tree | 407a38968a93358f53021833dda6580b12b622c4 /resize | |
| parent | 73fbe2323af6a2b4d807c80069657bf1449b3bff (diff) | |
| download | e2fsprogs-63feaa13ab1011b40d59011e6ffdc1a07d3423ac.tar.gz | |
resize2fs.8: Make it clear that power-of-2 units are meant by kilobytes
It's sad that this needs to be made clear....
Addresses-Debian-Bug: #594004
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Diffstat (limited to 'resize')
| -rw-r--r-- | resize/resize2fs.8.in | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/resize/resize2fs.8.in b/resize/resize2fs.8.in index 09770e18..214d43c8 100644 --- a/resize/resize2fs.8.in +++ b/resize/resize2fs.8.in @@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ If .I size parameter is not specified, it will default to the size of the partition. .PP +Note: when kilobytes is used above, I mean +.IR real , +power-of-2 kilobytes, (i.e., 1024 bytes), which some politically correct +folks insist should be the stupid-sounding ``kibibytes''. The same +holds true for megabytes, also sometimes known as ``mebibytes'', or +gigabytes, as the amazingly silly ``gibibytes''. Makes you want to +gibber, doesn't it? +.PP The .B resize2fs program does not manipulate the size of partitions. If you wish to enlarge |