From owner-freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Thu May 13 23:53:02 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5AC8632C25 for ; Thu, 13 May 2021 23:53:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joe@via.net) Received: from smtp1.via.net (smtp1.via.net [157.22.3.5]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "via.net", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4Fh7l15hmNz4VRF for ; Thu, 13 May 2021 23:53:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joe@via.net) Received: from mail.via.net (mail.via.net [157.22.3.34]) by smtp1.via.net (8.15.2/8.14.1-VIANET) with ESMTPS id 14DNqw6d010483 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Thu, 13 May 2021 16:52:58 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.102.2 at smtp1.via.net Received: from [209.81.2.65] ([209.81.2.65]) by mail.via.net (8.15.2/8.14.1-VIANET) with ESMTP id 14DNquOR011491 for ; Thu, 13 May 2021 16:52:56 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.102.2 at mail.via.net From: joe mcguckin Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 13.4 \(3608.120.23.2.4\)) Subject: 512e/4kn drive formatting Message-Id: <3B80A623-7497-429E-A894-B9A39E5FD50E@via.net> Date: Thu, 13 May 2021 16:52:46 -0700 To: freebsd-fs X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3608.120.23.2.4) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (smtp1.via.net [157.22.3.5]); Thu, 13 May 2021 16:52:58 -0700 (PDT) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4Fh7l15hmNz4VRF X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of joe@via.net designates 157.22.3.5 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=joe@via.net X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.90 / 15.00]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; FREEFALL_USER(0.00)[joe]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RBL_DBL_DONT_QUERY_IPS(0.00)[157.22.3.5:from]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-fs@freebsd.org]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[via.net]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; SPAMHAUS_ZRD(0.00)[157.22.3.5:from:127.0.2.255]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+MX]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; ASN(0.00)[asn:7091, ipnet:157.22.0.0/16, country:US]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-fs]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[157.22.3.5:from] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.34 X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 May 2021 23:53:03 -0000 I notice most drive vendors supply 512e and 4Kn format drives. Is it = possible to buy a 512e drive and use is as a 4kn drive or possibly reformat to 4kn? I=E2=80=99m specifically looking at the = Seagate Exos drives... Thanks, Joe Joe McGuckin ViaNet Communications joe@via.net 650-207-0372 cell 650-213-1302 office 650-969-2124 fax