Re: 4k sector size and WD20EARS

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>>>>> "Alexander" == Alexander Clausen <alex@xxxxxxxxx> 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?

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Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering
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