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From: Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
To: Gentoo Users List <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] fdisk warnings during install; questions
Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 16:28:59
Message-Id: 20130510162832.GA6146@waltdnes.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] fdisk warnings during install; questions by Walter Dnes
1 While I'm on the general topic of setting up the disk, I notice that
2 fdisk startup output includes..
3
4 > Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
5 > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
6
7 Since I'll be using ext2 for the 250 meg / and ext4 for the biggie
8 /home partition, should I force mkefs* block size (the "-b" parameter)
9 to 4096 to match the underlying hardware?
10
11 --
12 Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
13 I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications

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