02-01-2018
Please explain.
Why would you possibly want to size a partition with byte accuracy? Are you short on disk space or something??
Anyway, normally, the disk sector is the smallest unit of currency so that's 512 bytes. Also, many OS's operate to the nearest disk cylinder.
Usually, if a filesystem fills up you are stuffed and need to expand it. Depending on what disk/filesystem you are running that could prove labor intensive unless you are running a OS that allows you to expand a filesystem easily. You normally need to leave good headroom to ensure the filesystem doesn't fill.
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