Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] trying to get 4K aligned root pool on ESX

2013-08-20 Thread Steve Goldthorpe
metry and insist on cylinder alignment)... -Steve On 19 August 2013 18:28, Richard Elling wrote: > On Aug 19, 2013, at 4:02 AM, Edward Ned Harvey (openindiana) < > openindi...@nedharvey.com> wrote: > > >> From: Steve Goldthorpe [mailto:openindi...@waistcoat.org.uk] > >

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] trying to get 4K aligned root pool on ESX

2013-08-19 Thread Steve Goldthorpe
55) = 3341 so change vmdk to ddb.geometry.sectors = "32" ddb.geometry.heads = "255" ddb.geometry.cylinders = "3341" 3341*255*32 > 1697*255*63 :-) I'll have a play tonight... -Steve On 18 August 2013 17:23, Steve Goldthorpe wrote: > No matter what I

[OpenIndiana-discuss] trying to get 4K aligned root pool on ESX

2013-08-18 Thread Steve Goldthorpe
creates, it always use partition 0 for the rpool and starts that on cylinder 1. As it thinks the geometry is 255 heads & 63 sectors/track this will surely not be aligned. Do I have to fudge the geometry too somehow? I think none root pool disks will be fine as I ca