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Date:      Sat, 01 Feb 2003 14:17:52 +0100
From:      phk@freebsd.org
To:        David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>
Cc:        Steve Byan <stephen_byan@maxtor.com>, freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, tech-kern@netbsd.org
Subject:   Re: DEV_B_SIZE 
Message-ID:  <18171.1044105472@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 01 Feb 2003 08:44:54 GMT." <20030201084454.A1388@snowdrop.l8s.co.uk> 

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In message <20030201084454.A1388@snowdrop.l8s.co.uk>, David Laight writes:
>The only reason I can see for supporting 512byte reads is to allow
>them to to be used as system disks without requiring a BIOS update.
>
>I suspect that the only reason that the BSD systems don't support
>sector sizes other than 512 is a lack of test media.

What gave you the impression that we don't support anything but 512 bytes ?

I'm running a 2k sectorsize device right now.


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