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Hi, |
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> ~ # parted /dev/sde print |
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> Model: WD My Book 1230 (scsi) |
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> Disk /dev/sde: 6001GB |
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> Sector size (logical/physical): 4096B/4096B |
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> AFAICS this partition works fine, fsck does not report any problem. The |
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> funny thing is, it should not have been possible, because of the 2GB limit |
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> of MBR. |
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The real limit of MBR is 2^32 sectors, which amounts to 2TB when using |
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512B sectors. Both your disks are using native 4kB sectors (look at the |
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logical sector size in the parted output), which effectively raises the |
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MBR limit to 16TB. |
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Not that this answers your question, as the Linux kernel has supported |
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4kB sectors for years and AFAIK it does not need any special |
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configuration options to do so... |
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andrea |
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