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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA5096 ; Mon, 21 Dec 92 17:14:14 EST Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!ogicse!das-news.harvard.edu!cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!<UNAUTHENTICATED>+ From: Guy_Dawson@transarc.com Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: Dumb Question: Why 512 byte block? Message-ID: <sfATJvL0BwwOIJBUcl@transarc.com> Date: 18 Dec 92 05:59:55 GMT Article-I.D.: transarc.sfATJvL0BwwOIJBUcl References: <1992Dec18.005050.20594@decuac.dec.com> Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 16 In-Reply-To: <1992Dec18.005050.20594@decuac.dec.com> >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. I think this was due the the fact the the VAX on which BSD was developed for a long time based most things on 512byte pages - espically its virtual memory system, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Guy Dawson - guyd@hoskyns.co.uk or todays return address! Hoskyns Group Plc, 190 City Road, London, EC1V 2QH Tel (UK) 071 251 2128 By me, for me.