Hi... On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 1:04 AM, Prashant Shah <pshah.mumbai@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I came across this > > $sudo dumpe2fs /dev/sda1 > > 4KB Block Size > Group 0: (Blocks 0-32767) > Primary superblock at 0, Group descriptors at 1-1 > > 1KB Block Size > Group 0: (Blocks 1-8192) > Primary superblock at 1, Group descriptors at 2-2 I think it has something to do with the alignment. At the first case, your 4K block size formatted partition align perfectly, so it is usable right from block 0. OTOH, on 1K block size, block 0 must be skipped and starting from block 1, it align perfectly. Not sure which alignment size your disk use. Maybe it's 4K, since nowadays 4K disk is becoming common ones CMIIW people... -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
