So... looking at the standard, the problem may be that the volume size is in bytes instead of in blocks? When I xd a plan 9 image (bytes are represented in little and big endian): 0008000 01434430 30310100 504c414e 20392042 0008010 4f4f5420 49534f39 36363020 20202020 0008020 20202020 20202020 504c414e 2039202d 0008030 204d4159 20372032 30313220 32333a32 0008040 33202020 20202020 00000000 00000000 0008050 00305600 00563000 00000000 00000000 ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ volume size in bytes (should this be in logical blocks?) 0008060 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 0008070 00000000 00000000 01000001 01000001 0008080 00080800 0a000000 0000000a c60a0000 ^^^^^ ^^^^ Block size, 2K 0008090 00000000 00000ac7 00000000 2200c20a 00080a0 00000000 0ac20010 00000000 10007005 00080b0 07151737 00020000 01000001 01003956 The size of the iso given by ls is 5656576, 0x00565000 which is close enough to 0x563000 in bytes. I xd a 90M linux iso I have and got: 0008000 01434430 30310100 4c494e55 58202020 0008010 20202020 20202020 20202020 20202020 0008020 20202020 20202020 4344524f 4d202020 0008030 20202020 20202020 20202020 20202020 0008040 20202020 20202020 00000000 00000000 0008050 fdb30000 0000b3fd 00000000 00000000 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 90M/2K 0008060 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 0008070 00000000 00000000 01000001 01000001 0008080 00080800 0a000000 0000000a 14000000 ^^^^^^^^^ 2K block size 0008090 00000000 00000016 00000000 22001800 00080a0 00000000 00180008 00000000 08006b05 00080b0 1808100a 20020000 01000001 01002020 So the size should be in Blocks and it is in bytes, this is why it is wrong. I don't understand why k3b reports double the size because it is much more. Unless I am not seeing something... G. On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 8:57 PM, Gorka Guardiola wrote: > http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/files/ECMA-ST/Ecma-119.pdf > > page 19: > > > Volume Space Size (BP 81 to 88) > This field shall specify as a 32-bit number the number of Logical Blocks > in which the Volume Space of the > volume is recorded. > This field shall be recorded according to 7.3.3. > > > > > -- - curiosity sKilled the cat