BUMP... Anyone? Chris ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 11:49 PM Subject: IDE hard drive blocks > Hi guys, > > Please excuse this simple question, but is it possible (and safe to do so) > to format large IDE drives better in RH, using smaller blocks? > > Here's the problem. I have a RH9 system that I use for some remote backups > and have couple WD 120GB drives in it (/home2 and /home3) in addition to the > boot drive, ie: three physical drives. The data I'm backing up is on remote > servers all running SCSI RAID-5 and the total amount of disk space used on > the server side is 46GB (as indicated by 'df'). A simple rsync to this > remote RH9 system on IDE drives fails to back up 46GB worth of data to a > single 120GB drive, it keeps running out of disk space. The only thing I > can figure out is that the block size on the IDE drives is much larger and > small files, say 1KB, take the full block, which is perhaps 64KB or maybe > even bigger, and that's how a 120GB drive is "too small" to back up 46GB > worth of data. > > Is my reasoning correct? If so, how can I find out what the block size is > now on the IDE drives, and how can I reformat existing /home2 and /home3 > drives with smaller block sizes using ext3 fs? > > Thanks, > > Chris -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
