Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 22:04:12 +0000 (UTC) From: Warren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r47952 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks Message-ID: <201601042204.u04M4C1w062681@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: wblock Date: Mon Jan 4 22:04:12 2016 New Revision: 47952 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/47952 Log: Modify partition creation command to align partitions to 1M boundaries. Suggested by forum user tankist02. Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.xml Mon Jan 4 18:32:11 2016 (r47951) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.xml Mon Jan 4 22:04:12 2016 (r47952) @@ -135,10 +135,12 @@ </note> <para>The partition scheme is created, and then a single partition - is added:</para> + is added. To improve performance on newer disks with larger + hardware block sizes, the partition is aligned to one megabyte + boundaries:</para> <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>gpart create -s GPT ada1</userinput> -&prompt.root; <userinput>gpart add -t freebsd-ufs ada1</userinput></screen> +&prompt.root; <userinput>gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -a 1M ada1</userinput></screen> <para>Depending on use, several smaller partitions may be desired. See &man.gpart.8; for options to create partitions smaller than
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