On 32bit linux systems (and x86-64 as well) you are limited by the memory page size which is 4K. Personally I know only alpha (where you can arrive to 8k) and itanium (64k) where linux kernel permits the change of pagesize. Regards Fabrizio > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of dba1 mcc > Sent: 09 December, 2005 5:36 PM > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Way to create large block size under LINUX for > ORACLE dataabase?? > > We have ORACLE database on DELL Redhat AS 3.6. The server is > dedicate for database purpose. I checked Redhat manual and > found "mke2fs" can ONLY create file system block size=1k, 2k and 4k. > > Does there has way like SUN Solaris I can create file system > blocksize like 128K? > > Thanks. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection > around http://mail.yahoo.com > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l