The download page says the file openSUSE-11.4-DVD-i586 should be 4.7GB. But my download (which gives the correct checksum) is only 4.22GB. What am I missing here?
Thanks very much for your insight.
stuckl
update: I am teh stupid. I guess it just meant you’d need a 4.7GB disk to burn it. My bad. Admins feel free to delete this as I’m sure it will help no one else 
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The biggest takeaway, besides what you’ve learned already, is probably to
just rely on the checksum. Sizes are confusing… GB, GiB, billions of
bytes… just download and verify the checksum (md5sum or sha1sum
typically) and take steps based on its verifiaction (or lack thereof).
Good luck.
Want to yell at me in person?
Come to BrainShare 2011 in October: http://tinyurl.com/brainshare2011
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On 2011-08-01 21:16, stuckl wrote:
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> The download page says the file openSUSE-11.4-DVD-i586 should be 4.7GB.
> But my download (which gives the correct checksum) is only 4.22GB. What
> am I missing here?
Although you got your answer, note that gigabytes (GB) are not the same as
gibibytes (GiB), and many sources do not differentiate and use GB for both.
Confusing both type of units lead to huge difference in bytes.
More info: wikipedia.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)