On 06/04/11 17:36, David wrote: > On 5 June 2011 10:19, Aaron Konstam<akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Sat, 2011-06-04 at 12:50 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: >>> Does this matter? >>> If so, what can you do about it? >>> I get it after partitioning with fdisk, >>> choosing partitions of size 50GB, etc. >> It would be better if partition ends on a cylinder boundary but the >> system will still work. > I am curious about *how* specifically that "it would be better". > In what situation is a end "cylinder boundary" important or relevant? The filesystem builds it's map of blocks in groups of cylinders. You can see this clearly when you create a partition which will use up the rest of the disk (ie, to end of disk). often about 8mb always remains unused at end of disk because it is not a complete cylinder. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
