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pk <peterk2 <at> coolmail.se> writes: |
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> > the "4k block" (GPT) issue? Maybe I missed it |
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> > on the minimal CD? |
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> If you're after GPT-able partition software you can use (g)parted, |
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> available on the Gentoo live cd (it _should_ handle 4k disks as well): |
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> http://www.gentoo.org/news/20110308-livedvd.xml |
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Sorry for delayed response, I've been reading up |
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on gpt-fdisk [1]. |
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Interesting reading on gpt-patch-fdisk.... |
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So "parted" 2.3 in on the minimal cd I'm using: |
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install-amd64-minimal-20110714.iso |
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should be as sufficient as gparted? |
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If so, it looks like my disk(s) setups |
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which are identical are ok? [2] seems to |
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suggest that what I originally used (fdisk) |
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to partition a 4K block drive |
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(fdisk -H 224 -S 56 -l) will |
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work, but the drive is NOT optimized? |
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Using this (parted) syntax: |
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(parted) print |
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Model: ATA ST32000542AS (scsi) |
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Disk /dev/sda: 2000GB |
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Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B |
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Partition Table: msdos |
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Number Start End Size Type File system Flags |
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1 1049kB 269MB 268MB primary boot, raid |
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2 269MB 5414MB 5144MB primary raid |
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3 5414MB 2000GB 1995GB primary raid |
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and |
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(parted) align-check minimal 1 |
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1 aligned |
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(parted) align-check optimal 1 |
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1 aligned |
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(parted) align-check optimal 2 |
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2 aligned |
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(parted) align-check optimal 3 |
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3 aligned |
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(parted) |
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Should I conclude that sda and sdb are |
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correct and optimized for 4K block drives? |
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I never used parted before, so I can easily be making |
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a mistake [3] or poor assumption? |
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[1] http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/ |
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/gptfdisk/ |
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[2] http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/booting.html |
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[3] http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/RAID/Software#Large_Partitions |
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