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From: cjeff@ghoti.lcs.mit.edu (Carl J.M. Alexander)
Subject: Re: HD troubles and 7.0
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Date: Mon, 20 May 91 06:48:24 GMT
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In article <9681@idunno.Princeton.EDU> zimmy@eceugs.ece.ncsu.edu (Mike Zimmerman) writes:
>I'm posting this for Mike Zimmerman, whose site doesn't let him post
>netnews articles (although he can read them, and of course he can send
>email).  Please reply to his account.
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>under 6.0.7 I had ~40.3 megs of space on my drive.
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>After installing 7.0, i noticed the sum of used and available space
>(fom the Finder windows) was only 39.3 meg.  I booted with 6.0.7,
>40.3, rebooted with 7.0, 39.3.

I suspect this one may throw lots of people, thus the public reply.
 
The old finder displayed in K, so you got the 40.3 figure in the form of
40,300 K total space, right?  The new finder displays in Megs -- real
Megs, not convenience Megs.  40300/1024=39.35546875.  Take it from there.
 
--Carl Alexander 
News Editor, The Active Window 
cjeff@ghoti.lcs.mit.edu 
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