On Sat, 12 Sep 1998, Mark de Jong wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I was wondering if there's someone who fully understands how to _optimally_
> partition a hard drive so that no cylinders/sectors are wasted. The
> engineer/nerd/geek part of me abhors the thought that my hard drive isn't
> being used optimally. <grin>

I think there are papers on how ffs works in the documentation section (in
src/share/doc) would tell you more. But usually I've found you end up
wasting around 16k or so, so I've never worried too much.

Take care,

Bill