Re: Blocks and block size

2003-07-30 Thread Joe Polk
Sent: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 12:34:16 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Blocks and block size > I am experiencing some confusion over blocks in Linux. > > In one document, > http://www.europe.redhat.com/documentation/mini- HOWTO/Partition/recovering.php3 > it shows that blocks are based on disk geomet

Blocks and block size

2003-07-29 Thread Robert Vaughn
I am experiencing some confusion over blocks in Linux. In one document, http://www.europe.redhat.com/documentation/mini-HOWTO/Partition/recovering.php3 it shows that blocks are based on disk geometry including heads and sectors. When I run df I see a reference to 1K blocks. Linux reports disk pe