also sprach Phillip Susi [2013.01.21.1134 +1300]:
> In that case getting the correct logical sector size would not
> help because it would still align to 1 MiB. It sounds like what
> you want is the ability to specify an arbitrary alignment to use?
Yes, one way or another.
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On 01/20/2013 02:33 PM, martin f krafft wrote:
> That is true. In my case, I need to add a drive to an existing
> RAID setup and unless I align the partition at 8k, I don't have
> enough blocks to join the RAID. That is because the RAID was
> created u
also sprach Phillip Susi [2013.01.19.0448 +1300]:
> Parted already aligns partitions to 1 MiB by default, so it doesn't
> really matter that WD's firmware fails to report the correct hw sector
> size.
That is true. In my case, I need to add a drive to an existing RAID
setup and unless I align the
Package: parted
Version: 2.3-8
Severity: wishlist
While libparted fails to detect the true physical sector size of
newer "advanced format" drives, please allow us to override the
detected size (_device_set_sector_size in libparted/arch/linux.c),
e.g. with a command line switch and/or a command.
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