Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 12:33:10 +0200 From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/newfs newfs.8 Message-ID: <3C148F66.395B8A8C@FreeBSD.org> References: <53059.1007975569@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>
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Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > On Fri, 07 Dec 2001 18:42:25 +0200, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > > > I would suggest to extend this para explaining that 16:2 could result > > in a huge space wastage when there are large number of small files on > > the fs (such as /usr/ports or /usr/src) and 8:1 is better suited for > > such cases. > > Thanks for the input. I'll include this in my upcoming change to make > 16:2 the default as discussed with mckusick and dillon on -arch. Please do, because I was really surprised to find out that some 300MB out of 1.15GB (~ 30%!!!) was just a wasted space, which I've reclaimed by switching back to the good old 8K/1K. -Maxim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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