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* [[User:Robatino|robatino]] - Minor point - the FAT32 file size limit is 4 GiB - 1B, not 4 GiB (and the effective limit for optical media is 4 GiB - 2KiB since sectors are 2 KiB). It might be a good idea to include byte sizes for this reason and to avoid confusion between SI and IEC units. (For example, something like "4 GiB - 1B = 4294967295 bytes", "1 GB = 1000000000 bytes", etc.)
* [[User:Robatino|robatino]] - Minor point - the FAT32 file size limit is 4 GiB - 1B, not 4 GiB (and the effective limit for optical media is 4 GiB - 2KiB since sectors are 2 KiB). It might be a good idea to include byte sizes for this reason and to avoid confusion between SI and IEC units. (For example, something like "4 GiB - 1B = 4294967295 bytes", "1 GB = 1000000000 bytes", etc.)
* [[User:Robatino|robatino]] - Also, why is the Fedora Scientific size limit approximate? What determines it?
* [[User:Robatino|robatino]] - There is no page [[Releases/17/Spins]]. Should there be one? The page [[QA:Testcase_Mediakit_ISO_Size]] has links for various Fedora versions, but not 17.

Latest revision as of 10:28, 28 April 2012

  • robatino - Minor point - the FAT32 file size limit is 4 GiB - 1B, not 4 GiB (and the effective limit for optical media is 4 GiB - 2KiB since sectors are 2 KiB). It might be a good idea to include byte sizes for this reason and to avoid confusion between SI and IEC units. (For example, something like "4 GiB - 1B = 4294967295 bytes", "1 GB = 1000000000 bytes", etc.)
  • robatino - Also, why is the Fedora Scientific size limit approximate? What determines it?
  • robatino - There is no page Releases/17/Spins. Should there be one? The page QA:Testcase_Mediakit_ISO_Size has links for various Fedora versions, but not 17.