pk <peterk2 <at> coolmail.se> writes:
> > the "4k block" (GPT) issue? Maybe I missed it > > on the minimal CD? > If you're after GPT-able partition software you can use (g)parted, > available on the Gentoo live cd (it _should_ handle 4k disks as well): > http://www.gentoo.org/news/20110308-livedvd.xml Sorry for delayed response, I've been reading up on gpt-fdisk [1]. Interesting reading on gpt-patch-fdisk.... So "parted" 2.3 in on the minimal cd I'm using: install-amd64-minimal-20110714.iso should be as sufficient as gparted? If so, it looks like my disk(s) setups which are identical are ok? [2] seems to suggest that what I originally used (fdisk) to partition a 4K block drive (fdisk -H 224 -S 56 -l) will work, but the drive is NOT optimized? Using this (parted) syntax: (parted) print Model: ATA ST32000542AS (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 2000GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 1049kB 269MB 268MB primary boot, raid 2 269MB 5414MB 5144MB primary raid 3 5414MB 2000GB 1995GB primary raid and (parted) align-check minimal 1 1 aligned (parted) align-check optimal 1 1 aligned (parted) align-check optimal 2 2 aligned (parted) align-check optimal 3 3 aligned (parted) Should I conclude that sda and sdb are correct and optimized for 4K block drives? I never used parted before, so I can easily be making a mistake [3] or poor assumption? [1] http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/gptfdisk/ [2] http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/booting.html [3] http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/RAID/Software#Large_Partitions
