Le Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:58:27 +0200 vous écriviez:
> I recently bought 2 new 4k sector drives (WD Caviar Green 2TB,
> WD20EARS), but Linux kernel 2.6.34.1 still says:
>
> # blockdev --getss /dev/sdd
> 512
>
> Shouldn't that be 4096? Where is the problem?
They come in emulation mode (like many SATA-II drives came in SATA-I
mode). You must set them to 4K blocks manually, for WD IIRC with a DOS
software. And you need a controller that supports 4K blocks, too
(probably anything older than a year won't).
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