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Date:      Fri, 5 Sep 2003 13:38:54 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Mike Patterson <mpatters@cs.uwaterloo.ca>
Cc:        "FreeBSD-Docs \(el. adresa\)" <docs@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Two negations problem
Message-ID:  <20030905133647.U55278@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <3F5883C3.1000607@cs.uwaterloo.ca>
References:  <9256D57F598E6C41B288AA7DB94F29C90135CC3F@pgnmail1.pgnaplikace.cz> <3F5881C3.2010206@potentialtech.com> <3F5883C3.1000607@cs.uwaterloo.ca>

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On Fri, 5 Sep 2003, Mike Patterson wrote:

> > The handbook obviously has a typo in it, but the statement should be:
> >
> > "It should be at least 128 kB, and it should not be a power of 2."
> >
> > Look at the example, which uses a stripe size of 273.
>
> Then since 128kb obviously _is_ a power of two, perhaps the wording
> should be changed to "It should be greater than 128kb, and should not be
> a power of 2."  ?

Better would be to start with the first allowed value, then, i.e.,
128K+1 byte, or whatever.  (In line with the rule of "Show what to do.
Don't show what *not* to do.")

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA



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