Grant writes:
> Just to confirm, starting at block 2048 is OK?
Yes, if it's divisible by 8, it's okay. That's because 512 * 8 = 4096, so
every 8th 512-byte block starts on a 4096 block boundary.
Now I have a related question: My new seagate Barracuda
Green 2TB ST2000DL003-9VT166 drive has 4096 bytes per sector, but uses
something that is called SmartAlign(TM) [*]. Seagate says that there are
no performance impacts even when the partitions are misaligned. This
would be good, because I completely forgot about this when creating
partitions, and I would like to keep it as it is now. Has anyone heard
about this? Can I trust Seagate that what they say is correct?
[*] www.seagate.com/docs/pdf/de.../mb6101_smartalign_technology_faq.pdf
Wonko
