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From: rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz)
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Subject: Re: Does "newfs -i 1024" do anyting on SunOS4.x?
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Date: 21 Nov 89 19:52:29 GMT
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In <3115@brazos.Rice.edu> rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz) writes:
>I tried "newfs -i 1600 /dev/rxy1g" hoping to get about 30% more and I
>still only got 24.5K.

Some replies came in before I even saw my message.  Best reply was from
Don Speck <mangler@csvax.caltech.edu>:

    There's a limit of 2048 inodes per cylinder group.  You're probably
    using a disk with big cylinders.  Try "-c 8".  Also consider reducing
    the fragment size to 512 bytes if you're going to have so many tiny
    files.

Thanks also to maria a barnum <barnum@grumpy.crd.ge.com>.

Summary:  RTFM, where RTFM is the paper on the 4.2BSD filesystem.