Re: blocksizes

[Michael van Elst <mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost>]

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.


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