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computers / comp.os.linux.misc / Re: what does this number mean in dmesg

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* what does this number mean in dmesgPopping Mad
+- Re: what does this number mean in dmesgPierfrancesco Caci
`- Re: what does this number mean in dmesgAndy Burns

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From: rainbow@colition.gov (Popping Mad)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: what does this number mean in dmesg
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2023 09:03:33 -0400
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 by: Popping Mad - Sat, 28 Oct 2023 13:03 UTC

detected capacity change from 0 to 499744768

This is in the dmesg when I add a 256G flash drive - but it is obviously
not 256G bytes.

What does it represent?

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 by: Pierfrancesco Caci - Sat, 28 Oct 2023 13:22 UTC

499744768*512/1000000
255869

best guess is number of 512-bytes "sectors"

>>>>> "Popping" == Popping Mad <rainbow@colition.gov> writes:

Popping> detected capacity change from 0 to 499744768
Popping> This is in the dmesg when I add a 256G flash drive - but it is obviously
Popping> not 256G bytes.

Popping> What does it represent?

--
Pierfrancesco Caci, ik5pvx

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Subject: Re: what does this number mean in dmesg
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 by: Andy Burns - Sat, 28 Oct 2023 15:41 UTC

Popping Mad wrote:

> detected capacity change from 0 to 499744768
>
> This is in the dmesg when I add a 256G flash drive - but it is obviously
> not 256G bytes.

looks like a sector count ...

<https://www.google.com/search?q=499744768+*+512+bytes+in+gigabytes>

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