From owner-freebsd-arch Fri Dec 7 5:45:27 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from gidgate.gid.co.uk (gid.co.uk [194.32.164.225]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CECF637B419 for ; Fri, 7 Dec 2001 05:45:23 -0800 (PST) Received: (from rb@localhost) by gidgate.gid.co.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3) id NAA24694; Fri, 7 Dec 2001 13:44:39 GMT (envelope-from rb) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20011207134031.00bbfc40@gid.co.uk> X-Sender: rbmail@gid.co.uk X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2001 13:44:36 +0000 To: Sheldon Hearn From: Bob Bishop Subject: Re: Using a larger block size on large filesystems Cc: Kirk McKusick , freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG, Matthew Dillon In-Reply-To: <31807.1007732134@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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