> Mirian Crzig Lennox <mirian@xensei.com> writes:
> > alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox) writes:
> > >
> > > ext2fs tries to grab linear chunks of disk and divides the disk into cylinder
> > > groups to also help to maintain locality. The BSD ffs papers [McKusik et al]
> > > describe this sort of stuff well.
> >
> > I am astonished to hear that ext2fs uses cyl groups.
> >
> Well, the name is a hysterical ^w historical accident.
>
> Call them "sector groups" instead and you be closer to the truth.
>
Actually, in ext2fs, they're called "block groups".
later,
chris
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