On 06/04/2011 10:15 PM, David wrote: > On 5 June 2011 12:07, JD <jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 06/04/11 19:02, David wrote: >>> On 5 June 2011 11:42, JD<jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> I think you can read the kernel source code as well >>>> as anyone. So you have to do some homework :) >>> [david@kablamm partition]$ rpm -qf /sbin/mkfs.ext3 >>> e2fsprogs-1.41.9-5.fc12.i686 >>> >>> kernel ? >> Well, you can peruse the latest mainline kernel source: >> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.39.1.tar.bz2 > > Partitioning is done by mkfs variants. Nothing to do with the kernel. David no need to keep teasing the mouse .. :-) Nothing cares about cylinders on a hard drive after windows 95 (maybe windows 98) ... everything since then uses LBA so cylinders are completely irrelevant - its just a historical quirk. So fuggit about it .. .:-) -- 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