On Sat, 10 Nov 2012 06:56:43 +0000 Dietmar Maurer <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am quite sure that those disk does not expose 4K sectors. > > They use 4K internally, but emulates 512 bytes sectors (512e mode) > > Do you have any evidence that those drives run in 4Kn mode? > If I have understand this forum post correct (http://forum.hddguru.com/sector-formatting-what-you-need-know-t15827.html) it all depends whether the filesystem is 4k aligned or not. If the first sector, after the MBR, begins on a 4K boundary the drives firmware will automatically activate 4K mode. -- Hilsen/Regards Michael Rasmussen Get my public GnuPG keys: michael <at> rasmussen <dot> cc http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xD3C9A00E mir <at> datanom <dot> net http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xE501F51C mir <at> miras <dot> org http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xE3E80917 --------------------------------------------------------------
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