From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk Subject: Re: Odd --examine output Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:42:54 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <10112252.14.1366051374769.JavaMail.root@zimbra> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Mike Vanhorn Cc: Phil Turmel , Linux RAID List-Id: linux-raid.ids > >NOT a guess. Back up what you can, while you can, and start over. Us= e > >"fdisk -u" so you can ensure partitions start on multiples of eight > >(8) > >sectors. (Modern fdisk uses 1MB alignment by default. Highly > >recommended.) > > > > >=20 > So, if I start the partition at sector 64 (rather than 63), that's > better, > right (since 64 is a multiple of 8)? Or is there more math to do and > I'm still not getting it? I still don't understand why people use partitions for RAID when the wh= ole drive is used anyway. Partitions were invented to partition things = up and are of no use if you want to spend the whole drive's space for R= AID use (or otherwise). Vennlige hilsener / Best regards roy -- Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk (+47) 98013356 roy@karlsbakk.net http://blogg.karlsbakk.net/ GPG Public key: http://karlsbakk.net/roysigurdkarlsbakk.pubkey.txt -- I all pedagogikk er det essensielt at pensum presenteres intelligibelt.= Det er et element=C3=A6rt imperativ for alle pedagoger =C3=A5 unng=C3=A5= eksessiv anvendelse av idiomer med xenotyp etymologi. I de fleste tilf= eller eksisterer adekvate og relevante synonymer p=C3=A5 norsk. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html