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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!spool.mu.edu!uunet!haven.umd.edu!decuac!vfofu1.dco.dec.com!darryl From: darryl@vfofu1.dco.dec.com (Darryl Wagoner) Subject: Dumb Question: Why 512 byte block? Message-ID: <1992Dec18.005050.20594@decuac.dec.com> Sender: news@decuac.dec.com (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: vfofu1.dco.dec.com Reply-To: darryl@sai.com Organization: Digital Equipment Corp., Washington ULTRIX Resource Center X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6] Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 00:50:50 GMT Lines: 11 Why is everything in 1/2 k block instead the BSD standard of 1024 byte blocks? Yes, I know there is a '-k' switch, but it seems to me it should be the otherway around. -darryl darryl@sai.com