>DOS partitions start partitions on odd-numbered sectors I don't get this. If you mean partitions defined by the classic DOS partition table format, then AFAICS, such a partition can start in any sector. >so presuming you have odd-aligned disks, life is good. What is an odd-aligned disk? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html