Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2001 13:44:36 +0000 From: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> Cc: Kirk McKusick <mckusick@beastie.mckusick.com>, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG, Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Subject: Re: Using a larger block size on large filesystems Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20011207134031.00bbfc40@gid.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <31807.1007732134@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za> References: <Your message of "Sat, 24 Nov 2001 10:45:22 PST." <200111241845.fAOIjM377587@apollo.backplane.com>
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Hi, At 15:35 07/12/01 +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: >[...] >The only other thing I can think of is what obrien suggested. He told >me that it might be that people are wary of a filesystem that contains >only a single cylinder group, as this means you only have one >superblock. > >Is this really something to worry about? [etc] Depends how good you are at patching superblocks. Getting the main superblock trashed by power or harware hiccups is not that uncommon. -- Bob Bishop +44 (0)118 977 4017 rb@gid.co.uk fax +44 (0)118 989 4254 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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