System Administration Guide

File System Parameters

To make a new file system on a disk slice, you almost always use the newfs command. Table 27-1 shows the default parameters the newfs command uses.

Table 27-1 Default Parameters Used by the newfs Command

Parameter 

Default Value 

Block size 

8 Kbytes 

Fragment size 

1 Kbyte 

Minimum free space 

10% 

Rotational delay 

Device-dependent 

Optimization type 

Space 

Number of inodes 

1 for each 2 Kbytes of disk space