[Parted-maintainers] Bug#307220: Base(10) v Base(2) Space Reporting

[Jason Boxman]

Package: parted
Version: 1.6.21-1
Severity: wishlist

When using parted via Debian Installer RC3, I found the available space 
specified by parted to be inconsistent with then numbers I entered when asked 
how much space each partition should use.

It's mildly confusing to specify 2.5GB for a partition and then in the 
partition list find 2.7GB listed as the spaced used.  Running a `df` against 
the created partition confirms 2.5GB was the actual size of the partition 
once it was created.

The issue seems to be GB is sometimes described as 2^10 and sometimes it's 
2^2.

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Jason Boxman
Perl Programmer / *NIX Systems Administrator
Shimberg Center for Affordable Housing | University of Florida
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