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Re: blocksizes
On Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 08:19:40AM +0000, David Holland wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 08:58:31PM +0000, Michael van Elst wrote:
> > The superblock already stores block sizes in terms of byte counts.
> >
> > The problem is that it stores information that shouldn't be there but
> > which depends only on the underlying medium. If you change the medium
> > you invalidate that information.
> >
> > The superblock stores lots of old and redundant cruft, mostly kept
> > for compatibility.
>
> Can tunefs update it?
Not yet, but you could add an option to it.
Greetings,
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Michael van Elst
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