awk passing shell variables

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.unix.shell/browse_thread/thread/b26b517b2ec5538f?hl=en

Partition alignment

http://blogs.sun.com/dlutz/entry/partition_alignment_guidelines_for_unified

Very good and detailed article regarding storage partition alignment. Non-aligned partitions could make a very significant impact on the performance, and there is explanation why. And the guidline how to cound and align partitions as a bonus.