On 1/10/24 12:39, Bob Marčan wrote:

On Wed, 10 Jan 2024 12:19:30 -0600 "Thomas Cameron" thomas.cameron@camerontech.com wrote:

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I just checked my system, and it looks like it's set for 512k blocks:

[root@case ~]# blockdev --report /dev/nvme1n1p4 RO RA SSZ BSZ StartSec Size Device rw 256 512 512 69216256 964765417472   /dev/nvme1n1p4

I assume the installer chose the block size, since I basically did a "next, next, next" installation. Should I have chosen something different?

Thomas

[root@smicro bob]# di |grep nvme /dev/nvme0n1p2 /boot 1.9G 0.5G 1.3G 32% ext4 /dev/nvme0n1p1 /boot/efi 1022.0M 17.4M 1004.6M 2% vfat <== /dev/nvme1n1p4 /root-ssd1 849.9G 88.0G 718.6G 15% ext4 [root@smicro bob]# [root@smicro bob]# blockdev --report /dev/nvme* RO RA SSZ BSZ StartSec Size Device blockdev: ioctl error on /dev/nvme0 rw 256 512 4096 0 1000204886016 /dev/nvme0n1 rw 256 512 512 2048 1073741824 /dev/nvme0n1p1 <== rw 256 512 4096 2099200 2147483648 /dev/nvme0n1p2 rw 256 512 4096 6293504 68719476736 /dev/nvme0n1p3 rw 256 512 4096 140511232 928262389760 /dev/nvme0n1p4 blockdev: ioctl error on /dev/nvme1 rw 256 512 4096 0 1000204886016 /dev/nvme1n1 rw 256 512 4096 2048 1073741824 /dev/nvme1n1p1 rw 256 512 4096 2099200 2147483648 /dev/nvme1n1p2 rw 256 512 4096 6293504 68719476736 /dev/nvme1n1p3 rw 256 512 4096 140511232 928262389760 /dev/nvme1n1p4 [root@smicro bob]#

Ah, ok... I see. My first drive is a Windows drive, the second is Linux:

[root@case ~]# blockdev --report /dev/nvme* RO RA SSZ BSZ StartSec Size Device blockdev: ioctl error on /dev/nvme0 rw 256 512 4096 0 1000204886016 /dev/nvme0n1 rw 256 512 4096 2048 104857600 /dev/nvme0n1p1 rw 256 512 4096 206848 16777216 /dev/nvme0n1p2 rw 256 512 4096 239616 999373668352 /dev/nvme0n1p3 rw 256 512 4096 1952141312 706740224 /dev/nvme0n1p4 blockdev: ioctl error on /dev/nvme1 rw 256 512 4096 0 1000204886016 /dev/nvme1n1 rw 256 512 512 2048 629145600 /dev/nvme1n1p1 rw 256 512 512 1230848 1073741824 /dev/nvme1n1p2 rw 256 512 4096 3328000 33734787072 /dev/nvme1n1p3 rw 256 512 512 69216256 964765417472 /dev/nvme1n1p4 [root@case ~]#

I wonder why the installer chose a 512k block size on my largest partition, but 4096 for my swap? I don't recall seeing a block size option during installation, but I may very well have missed it.

I'll throw it out there again, though: should I have done something different during installation?