diff --exclude libtool --exclude config.* --exclude Makefile* -urN parted-1.4.24/parted/parted.c parted-1.4.24.new/parted/parted.c
--- parted-1.4.24/parted/parted.c	Sun Sep 30 09:45:38 2001
+++ parted-1.4.24.new/parted/parted.c	Mon May 19 11:05:16 2003
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
 static char* state_msg =	N_("STATE is one of: on, off\n");
 static char* device_msg =	N_("DEVICE is usually /dev/hda or /dev/sda\n");
 static char* name_msg =		N_("NAME is any word you want\n");
+static char* unit_msg =         N_("UNIT is one of M)egabytes, K)ilobytes or S)ectors\n");
 
 static char* label_type_msg;
 static char* fs_type_msg;
@@ -749,9 +750,10 @@
 	if (!disk)
 		goto error;
 
-	printf (_("Disk geometry for %s: 0.000-%.3f megabytes\n"),
+	printf (_("Disk geometry for %s: 0.000-%.3f %s\n"),
 		disk->dev->path,
-		(disk->dev->length-1) * 1.0 / MEGABYTE_SECTORS);
+		calc_user_sector((disk->dev->length-1), 0),
+		get_sector_unit_desc(0));
 	printf (_("Disk label type: %s\n"), disk->type->name);
 
 	has_extended = ped_disk_type_check_feature (disk->type,
@@ -778,9 +780,11 @@
 
 		printf ("%-5d ", part->num);
 
-		printf ("%10.3f %10.3f  ",
-			(int) part->geom.start * 1.0 / MEGABYTE_SECTORS,
-			(int) part->geom.end * 1.0 / MEGABYTE_SECTORS);
+		printf ("%10.3f%c %10.3f%c  ",
+			calc_user_sector((int) part->geom.start * 1.0, 0),
+			get_sector_unit(0),
+			calc_user_sector((int) part->geom.end * 1.0, 0),
+			get_sector_unit(0));
 
 		if (has_extended)
 			printf ("%-9s ",
@@ -813,6 +817,20 @@
 }
 
 static int
+do_unit(PedDevice** dev)
+{
+	char *unit;
+	
+	unit = get_word();
+	if (!unit) {
+		help_on("unit");
+		return 0;
+	}
+	sector_unit = unit[0];
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static int
 do_quit (PedDevice** dev)
 {
 	_done (*dev);
@@ -1216,6 +1234,14 @@
 NULL),
 		str_list_create (_(minor_msg), _(flag_msg), _(state_msg),
 				 NULL)));
+
+	command_register (commands, command_create (
+		str_list_create_unique ("unit", _("unit"), NULL),
+		do_unit,
+		str_list_create (
+_("unit UNIT                     set sector unit"),
+NULL),
+		str_list_create (_(unit_msg), NULL)));
 }
 
 static void
diff --exclude libtool --exclude config.* --exclude Makefile* -urN parted-1.4.24/parted/ui.c parted-1.4.24.new/parted/ui.c
--- parted-1.4.24/parted/ui.c	Sun Jan 13 15:44:33 2002
+++ parted-1.4.24.new/parted/ui.c	Mon May 19 10:58:33 2003
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
 static Command**		commands;
 static StrList*			ex_opt_str [64];
 static PedExceptionOption	current_exception_opt = 0;
+int sector_unit = 'M';
 
 int
 screen_width ()
@@ -351,12 +352,92 @@
 	return atoi (words [word_num++]);
 }
 
+double
+calc_user_sector(PedSector sector, int unit)
+{
+	double unit_mul;
+	
+	if (unit == 0)
+		unit = sector_unit;
+
+	if (unit == 'S') {
+		unit_mul = 1;
+	}
+	else if (unit == 'M') {
+		unit_mul = MEGABYTE_SECTORS;
+	}
+	else if (unit == 'K') {
+		unit_mul = MEGABYTE_SECTORS / 1024;
+	}
+	return ((double) sector) / unit_mul;
+}
+
+/* converts from user to system sector */
+PedSector
+calc_system_sector(double sector, int unit)
+{
+	double unit_mul;
+	
+	if (unit == 0)
+		unit = sector_unit;
+
+	if (unit == 'S') {
+		unit_mul = 1;
+	}
+	else if (unit == 'M') {
+		unit_mul = MEGABYTE_SECTORS;
+	}
+	else if (unit == 'K') {
+		unit_mul = MEGABYTE_SECTORS / 1024;
+	}
+	return (PedSector) (sector * unit_mul);
+}
+
+const char *
+get_sector_unit_desc(int unit)
+{
+	if (unit == 0)
+		unit = sector_unit;
+		
+	if (unit == 'S')
+		return "sectors";
+	else if (unit == 'M')
+		return "MB";
+	else if (unit == 'K')
+		return "KB";
+		
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+int
+get_sector_unit(int unit)
+{
+	if (unit == 0)
+		unit = sector_unit;
+		
+	return toupper(unit);
+}
+
 /* input (from command) is in megabytes (possibly with decimals), output is in
  * sectors */
 PedSector
 get_sector ()
 {
-	return atof (words [word_num++]) * MEGABYTE_SECTORS;
+	char *w = words[word_num++], *last_char;
+	char unit;
+	unsigned long unit_mul;
+	
+	last_char = (w + strlen(w) - 1);
+	if (*last_char >= '0' && *last_char <= '9') {
+		/* default case */
+		unit = 0;
+	}
+	else {
+		unit = toupper(*last_char);
+		*last_char = 0;
+	}
+	
+	return calc_system_sector(atof (w), unit);
 }
 
 int
@@ -398,8 +479,14 @@
 	if (!word)
 		return 0;
 	for (; *word; word++) {
-		if (!isdigit (*word) && *word != '.')
+		if (!isdigit (*word) && *word != '.') {
+			if (*(word+1) == 0 && 
+			    (toupper(*word) == 'K' || 
+			     toupper(*word) == 'M' || 
+			     toupper(*word) == 'S'))
+				return 1;
 			return 0;
+		}
 	}
 	return 1;
 }
diff --exclude libtool --exclude config.* --exclude Makefile* -urN parted-1.4.24/parted/ui.h parted-1.4.24.new/parted/ui.h
--- parted-1.4.24/parted/ui.h	Sun Sep 30 09:45:49 2001
+++ parted-1.4.24.new/parted/ui.h	Mon May 19 11:01:27 2003
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #define MEGABYTE_SECTORS (MEGABYTE / 512)
 
 extern char*	prog_name;
+extern int	sector_unit;
 
 extern int init_ui ();
 extern int non_interactive_mode (PedDevice** dev, Command* cmd_list[],
@@ -41,6 +42,11 @@
 extern int is_integer ();
 extern int is_sector ();
 extern int count_words ();
+
+extern int get_sector_unit(int unit);
+extern const char *get_sector_unit_desc(int unit);
+extern double calc_user_sector(PedSector sector, int unit);
+extern PedSector calc_system_sector(double sector, int unit);
 
 extern void help_msg ();