Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!mintaka!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!mcsun!ukc!axion!delluk!tim From: tim@delluk.uucp (Tim Wright) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: Why do you want a 512 byte block file system anyway? Message-ID: Date: 20 Nov 90 17:51:59 GMT References: <1990Nov18.182135.17954@scuzzy.in-berlin.de> <1990Nov19.232124.7802@cichlid.com> Sender: usenet@delluk.uucp (Usenet posting login) Distribution: comp Organization: Dell Computer Corp., Bracknell, UK Lines: 25 In <1990Nov19.232124.7802@cichlid.com> aab@cichlid.com (Andy Burgess) writes: >In article <1990Nov18.182135.17954@scuzzy.in-berlin.de> src@scuzzy.in-berlin.de (Heiko Blume) writes: >... >> >>p.s.: i want a 512Byte filesystem for news, so speed is not an issue. >I just did an ls -l /usr/spool/news/comp/unix/sysv386 and I didn't see one >file less then 512 bytes long. Most (estimate 90%) were over 1024 bytes >long. Doesn't this mean 512 byte block buys you nothing? >Just wondering -- I'm no file system guru. Reduced waste of space due to wasting on average 1/4K in the last block instead of 1/2K. I think the original problem may have been down to not specifying the FSTYPE to fsck and mount - they may not autodetect - I can't remember for sure. I might try it some time if I get a disk with some room on it :-) Tim -- Tim Wright, Dell Computer Corp. (UK) | Email address Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 1RW | Domain: tim@dell.co.uk Tel: +44-344-860456 | Uucp: ...!ukc!delluk!tim "What's the problem? You've got an IQ of six thousand, haven't you?"