I just finished reading an article that discusses these issues. Explains the physical structure of the disk and works its way up to the file system. Author doesn't get overly technical either. It is 'The Linux System Administrator's Guide' (http://www.tml.hut.fi/~viu/linux/sag/). Also available at your favourite LDP mirror under guides. John > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 5:55 PM > To: Steve Lee > Subject: inode > > > can someone explain what a inode is and > how that is related to filesytem, blocksize, harddrive. > > Thanks. > > I feel i need a better understanding of it > because i still don't understand. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list