Re: [netatalk-admins] Varying difference in file size on shares viewed from Macs


Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] Varying difference in file size on shares viewed from Macs
From: Andrew McNabb (amcnabb@argus-systems.com)
Date: Mon Aug 17 1998 - 18:28:33 EDT


On Mon, 17 Aug 1998, m* wrote:

> My Mac admin just pointed out that file the chooser on his 8.1 Mac was
> reporting file sizes of 1.4MB for files when the actual file size is
> as little as 1800k. Evidently this "reported" file size varies from

FYI 1800k is greater than 1.4MB. Simple unit conversion...

> server to server depending on the size of the file system. In the above
> example the file system is a 50GB raid. Same case with a Mac running 7.6.1.

This is why your files might be big. A 50GB drive is going to make the
minimum file size about a meg (I'm guessing). Nothing to be worried
about...

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