There's a show stopper... Why would it not fill the track?
> -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Jim > Sibley > Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 12:03 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] dasdfmt with a 1K block size - still not > recommded? > > > Beware of the small blocks on ECKD images. In a 3390 > image, there are 12 4K blocks/track or 49152 bytes. > There are 33 1K blocks/track or 33792 bytes! You could > lose up to 1/3 of your capacity using smaller block sizes! > > ===== > Jim Sibley > RHCT, Implementor of Linux on zSeries > > "Computer are useless.They can only give answers." Pablo Picasso > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. > http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools > ============================================================================== If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, please notify the sender, delete it and do not read, act upon, print, disclose, copy, retain or redistribute it. Click here for important additional terms relating to this e-mail. <http://www.ml.com/email_terms/> ==============================================================================
