support for 4K-sector disks and util-linux-ng v2.17

x2es · n00b Joined: 02 Feb 2010 Posts: 5

Hi!

This post applies to both topics "Hardware support" and "add ebuild into portage".

I got a problem with hdd WDC WD6400ARS-00Y5B1.
This HDD uses 4K-sectors and requires for a special allign of partitions (otherwise disk perfomance will be very slow). (http://anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3691)
This is supported by Windows 7. For Windows XP proposed WD Align tool (http://www.wdc.com/en/products/advancedformat/). Nothing is said about Linux.

As soulution is proposed (http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.utilities.util-linux-ng/2926):

Jaglover · Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 11:54 pm Post subject:

x2es · n00b Joined: 02 Feb 2010 Posts: 5

Thanx

cyrillic · Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 1:58 pm Post subject:

Also worth mentioning :
You can use parted with the --align option instead of fdisk.