On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 23:34:08 -0400, Bijoy Thomas <bijoyjth@xxxxxxx> wrote: > You set the blocksize for block device when you format it. Just to clear this up for the archives, it's worth explaining the difference between the various block sizes mentioned - the poster was referring to hardware block size (e.g. sector size on a hard disk) and not to the size used within a particular filesystem. Jon. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/