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gparted package

  1. Bug #985882
  2. Comment #8

Comment 8 for bug 985882

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Curtis Gedak (gedakc) wrote :

> Can't sectors per MiB be different on different harddisks?
> But the LBA size "sectors?" may be the right option for below MiB alligning.

Sector size can vary from the traditional 512 bytes per sector. Hence sectors per MiB can be different on different hard disks. I believe the same can be said for LBA size "sectors".

There are already a few other upstream bug reports that involve allowing different units:

612928 - File size units not consistent with GNOME desktop
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=612928

622150 - Support for data entry and display of logical blocks (sectors)
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=622150

With this in mind, perhaps this bug report should deal only with adding the size in MiB to the "Partition --> Information" dialog?