[K12OSN] using dd to get 1474560 bytes

[Gentgeen]

That is one thing I was wondering, I am going to email the author and see what he/she says.

On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 21:58:07 -0400
Michael Wescott <wescott_mike at emc.com> wrote:

> Looks to me like the mbcd script is using the wrong tool. The results
> of du -b will vary depending on the kind of filesystem on which the 
> file resides. On a fat filesystem du reports a floppy image as 1474560
> while on ext3 it's 1478656.
> 
> -- 
> 	Mike Wescott

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