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What is the difference between blocks and fragments in a group?

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The output of a mke2fs command is as follows root@localhost:~# mke2fs /dev/xvdf mke2fs 1.42.9 (4-Feb-2023) Filesystem label= OS type: Linux Block size=4096 (log=2) Fragment size=4096 (log=2) Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks 6553600 inodes, 26214400 blocks 1310720 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user First data block=0 Maximum filesystem blocks=4294967296 800 block groups 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group 8192 inodes per group Superblock backups stored on blocks:     32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,     4096000, 7962624, 11239424, 20480000, 23887872   Allocating group tables: done                             Writing inode tables: done                             Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done What I don't understand over here is this line > 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group I understood that the sectors(generally 512B) in a hard disk are first divided into small groups. The groups of sectors is called as blocks. In every block group I have 32768 blocks. What I don't understand here are the fragments. What are they? What does it signify? And if its possible to alter fragments in my FS.
Asked by Himanshuman (321 rep)
Jun 18, 2023, 06:49 PM
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