From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Karel Zak Subject: Re: 4k sector size and WD20EARS Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:34:14 +0200 Message-ID: <20100412123414.GK7858@nb.net.home> References: <4BBDE620.3040601@gc-web.de> <4BBE0C85.2020904@gc-web.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:57228 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751359Ab0DLMeV (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:34:21 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: "Martin K. Petersen" Cc: Alexander Clausen , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 10:14:29PM -0400, Martin K. Petersen wrote: > >>>>> "Alexander" == Alexander Clausen writes: > > >> For unknown reasons these drive report themselves as 512-byte drives > >> despite using 4096-byte sectors internally. > > Alexander> ouch. > > Yeah, I know... > > > Alexander> $ sudo cfdisk -P s /dev/sdb FATAL ERROR: Bad primary > Alexander> partition 0: Partition ends in the final partial cylinder > > Alexander> bug? > > I'm not sure cfdisk has been kept in sync with the alignment and block > size changes. Karel? Unfortunately, sfdisk and cfdisk have no clue about alignment and disks topology. Now only the fdisk and parted commands are ready for new disks. Karel -- Karel Zak http://karelzak.blogspot.com