Bug 345971 - fdisk +sizeG is 1000M instead of 1024M
Summary: fdisk +sizeG is 1000M instead of 1024M
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Status: CLOSED NEXTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: util-linux
Version: 5.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Karel Zak
QA Contact: Ben Levenson
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-10-22 20:25 UTC by macker
Modified: 2007-12-13 10:38 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2007-12-13 10:38:27 UTC
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Description macker 2007-10-22 20:25:55 UTC 
Description of problem:
When creating a new partition in fdisk, if using +sizeM (e.g. +100M), size is
calculated based on 1024K.  When using +100G, size is calculated based on 1000M,
instead of 1024M.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
util-linux-2.13-0.44.el5

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. fdisk /dev/[hs]da
2. n
3. [pl]
4. [enter]
5. +1G
  
Actual results:
1000M

Expected results:
1024M

Additional info:
May be fixed in Update 1, have not checked.  Encountered bug during RH300,
course material specifies using 'G".
Comment 1 Karel Zak 2007-12-13 10:38:27 UTC 
Thanks. Fixed in upstream code.
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