the last document linked to at the end is a really good read too - http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.37.9653&rep=rep1&type=pdf http://cit

the last document linked to at the end is a really good read too - http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.37.9653&rep=rep1&type=pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.37...., Also I agree with him on the fdisk/mke2fs, I've often asked myself the exact same question. aparently, its not a so popular opinion though, since they're always tucked away in sbin...