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From: Guy_Dawson@transarc.com
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: Dumb Question: Why 512 byte block?
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Date: 18 Dec 92 05:59:55 GMT
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>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,
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