Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:44:38 +0000 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: pluknet <pluknet@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sector size of 4096 bytes (not 512) Message-ID: <35461.1219736678@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:05:47 %2B0400." <a31046fc0808260005m59fabe2fn723b3be68bb6803a@mail.gmail.com>
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In message <a31046fc0808260005m59fabe2fn723b3be68bb6803a@mail.gmail.com>, plukn et writes: >2008/8/26 Sten Daniel Soersdal <netslists@gmail.com>: >> >> Does anyone know if i might run into any surprises if my hdd has 4096 byte >> sized sectors and not the regular 512, it is low-level formatted that way. [...] >You should not change the sector size, because it is value of the >physical parameter on disc >(typically it's 512 for magnetic discs and 4096 for optical discs), >not whatever logical value. >You should better check tuning(7)/tunefs(8) man pages if you want to >tune up your system. This answer has nothing to do with the question asked, and is wrong in just about every way it can be. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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