--- "Miller, Keven" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I've always understood that 128W = 256B,
> "WORDS" became "HalfWords" when going to MPE/iX.
> 
> Linux shows the (now fixed) usage of bytes with an unsigned 32-bit
> integer. A few years back, unix used signed 32-bit integers.
> Apparently MPE hasn't had the fix applied.
> 
> 4012945152 = $EF30AF00 = (signed) -282022144
> 4012945152 / 256 = 15675567

a real fast way to convert sectors into gb is to divide by 4 million. 
that is, ~4 million sectors = 1gb.  it's not accurate...but it's easy
math.        - d

Donna Garverick, HP-CSA   Sr. System Programmer
dgarverick -at- longs -dot- com
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