[Top][All Lists]
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: Sensible file system defaults
From: |
Harley D. Eades III |
Subject: |
Re: Sensible file system defaults |
Date: |
Sat, 19 Nov 2005 19:45:52 -0600 |
On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 10:11 +0100, Patrick Leslie Polzer wrote:
> I notice myself always tweaking my ext2fs filesystems, e.g. lowering
> the reserved blocks count. I wonder whether we should adapt parted
> (or libparted) to more sensible defaults like that.
> Picking up the aforementioned example: mk2efs' default of 5% of a
> 250 GB hdd is about 15 GB which a lot of users don't know about and
> consequently have a lot less space than they paid for.
I think this would be a beneficial addition/change. Also is the ext2
code in libparted out dated and in a need of an update (I recall hearing
something along these lines on IRC)?
Cheers
Harley