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    What is the cluster size for linux?  
KW


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01-24-04 12:10 AM

I think it's 32 but I just wanted to double check. Is there are there any
RPM's that can make the system go from 16, to 32, then to 64? I am guessing
that is where the kernel needs to be configured right?

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KW







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    Re: What is the cluster size for linux?  
Charles LaCour


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01-24-04 12:10 AM

KW wrote:
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> I think it's 32 but I just wanted to double check. Is there are there any > RPM's that can make the system go from 16, to 32, then to 64? I am guessin g > that is where the kernel needs to be configured right? > > Thanks, > > KW > >
I am not sure what you are referring to. Clusters are the disk allocation unit in the Windows FAT/FAT32 partitions. The minimum unit of disk allocation in Linux that would be the closest thing would be the block. You can see the size of blocks on your volumes by tuning the following command: tune2fs -l /dev/hda2 | grep -i 'block size' Where you replace the hda2 with the device name of the partition you want to look at. According to the ext2 and 3 man pages valid block size vales are 1024, 2048 and 4096 bytes per block. -- Thanks Charles LaCour




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    Re: What is the cluster size for linux?  
Alexander Dalloz


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01-24-04 12:10 AM

On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 17:20:29 -0500 KW wrote:
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> I think it's 32 but I just wanted to double check. Is there are there any > RPM's that can make the system go from 16, to 32, then to 64? I am guessin g > that is where the kernel needs to be configured right? > > Thanks, > > KW
The kernel has nothing to do with specific partition format. If you speak about an ext2 filesystem see man mkfs.ext2 for details. Alexander -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany PGP key valid: made 13.07.1999 PGP fingerprint: 2307 88FD 2D41 038E 7416 14CD E197 6E88 ED69 5653




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    Re: What is the cluster size for linux?  
Kevin D. Snodgrass


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01-24-04 12:10 AM

KW wrote:
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> I think it's 32 but I just wanted to double check. Is there are there any > RPM's that can make the system go from 16, to 32, then to 64? I am guessin g > that is where the kernel needs to be configured right?
WTF? Clusters are for Winders. Linux (and all *nixes I'm familiar with) uses blocksize, which by default is 1KB. -- Kevin D. Snodgrass kdsnodgrass (at) yahoo [dot] com




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    Re: What is the cluster size for linux?  
Charles LaCour


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01-24-04 12:10 AM

KW wrote:
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> I think it's 32 but I just wanted to double check. Is there are there any > RPM's that can make the system go from 16, to 32, then to 64? I am guessin g > that is where the kernel needs to be configured right? > > Thanks, > > KW > >
I am not sure what you are referring to. Clusters are the disk allocation unit in the Windows FAT/FAT32 partitions. The minimum unit of disk allocation in Linux that would be the closest thing would be the block. You can see the size of blocks on your volumes by tuning the following command: tune2fs -l /dev/hda2 | grep -i 'block size' Where you replace the hda2 with the device name of the partition you want to look at. According to the ext2 and 3 man pages valid block size vales are 1024, 2048 and 4096 bytes per block. -- Thanks Charles LaCour




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