On Tue Oct 4 08:16:00 EDT 2011, 9f...@hamnavoe.com wrote: > > the other guy has a WD20EARS which is a completely different drive. > > Sure, but all the EARS series are claimed (in the spec sheet ref'd > in my previous message) to be advanced format i.e. 4096-byte physical > sectors.
sure, that just specifies the physical layout. not what they claim at the interface. drives aren't "hardware" in the traditional sense anymore. - erik
