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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:09:59 +0900
From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: ATA 4 KiB sector issues.
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Hello,

On 03/12/2010 01:34 AM, Greg Freemyer wrote:
> I do think the linux partitioners should provide a way to force a
> cylinder alignment.  Tejun, I would like to see your doc describe how
> to force a win2k compatible partition layout.

I suppose I can play with fdisk and list it as an example but if
anyone knows better/proper way to force certain partitions to legacy
alignment while leaving others properly aligned, I'll be happy to
include it.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun