Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Iain Buchanan <iaindb@××××××××××××.au>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] 1-Terabyte drives - 4K sector sizes? -> bar performance so far
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:08:34
Message-Id: 1265785611.3225.5.camel@localhost
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] 1-Terabyte drives - 4K sector sizes? -> bar performance so far by Mark Knecht
1 On Tue, 2010-02-09 at 17:27 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote:
2 > On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Iain Buchanan <iaindb@××××××××××××.au> wrote:
3 > > On Tue, 2010-02-09 at 14:54 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote:
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5 > >> Frank,
6 > >> As best I can tell so far none of the Linux tools will tell you
7 > >> that the sectors are 4K. I had to go to the WD web site and find the
8 > >> actual drive specs to discover that was true.
9 > >
10 > > however if you use dmesg:
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12 > Consider as an alternative "hdparm dash capital eye".
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14 Not sure why you spelt it, but tee hach ae en kay ess!
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16 I knew there was another way somewhere, but it didn't spring to mind
17 immediately.
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19 Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>
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21 Actually, my goal is to have a sandwich named after me.