Bug#643625: Bug #643625: Ability to override sector size
also sprach Phillip Susi ps...@ubuntu.com [2013.01.19.0448 +1300]: Parted already aligns partitions to 1 MiB by default, so it doesn't really matter that WD's firmware fails to report the correct hw sector size. That is true. In my case, I need to add a drive to an existing RAID setup and unless I align the partition at 8k, I don't have enough blocks to join the RAID. That is because the RAID was created using tools that do not align at 1Mb. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems chaos reigns within. reflect, repent, reboot. order shall return. digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Bug#643625: Bug #643625: Ability to override sector size
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/20/2013 02:33 PM, martin f krafft wrote: That is true. In my case, I need to add a drive to an existing RAID setup and unless I align the partition at 8k, I don't have enough blocks to join the RAID. That is because the RAID was created using tools that do not align at 1Mb. In that case getting the correct logical sector size would not help because it would still align to 1 MiB. It sounds like what you want is the ability to specify an arbitrary alignment to use? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJQ/HDxAAoJEJrBOlT6nu75x8gIAMDhzjn76MYG2T+PUH5N43n0 pP30gXEt9qsKIbqgDZc4k91WaksoVsIQEX3unQx6cm56my9n4gyzb3JA5fNaqMxT UpY+M53iZmXEujRyEHorXtXDPbetpmC7LV/uDEt5JyAYvmDVds8y1JL/f9A/Dq+5 1/aAky+k317uu1HioS3pnicjwMKpKzN/poQrTtykxFEChHl4Qeu97n4n/qVbCsLK I8X12sL3rous5lGv99FxvS4G28BWIPoxqwhxYJpeY9aBtXoUci4fJVIjk/esANJN f1IZv86gGtHkgHgXFUyoYYa1Wl818N3bUZzeM2MErgewzPu+kKYY+wgg82oZEuY= =K2YW -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#643625: Bug #643625: Ability to override sector size
also sprach Phillip Susi ps...@ubuntu.com [2013.01.21.1134 +1300]: In that case getting the correct logical sector size would not help because it would still align to 1 MiB. It sounds like what you want is the ability to specify an arbitrary alignment to use? Yes, one way or another. -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems the college students who are using lsd and marijuana today do not comprise a criminal class. they are not drug addicts seeking to escape. they're your best educated, your most creative, and your most couragious, young people. and like it or not, they might build you a new civilisation. -- porcupine tree, voyage 34 digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
Bug#643625: Ability to override sector size
Package: parted Version: 2.3-8 Severity: wishlist While libparted fails to detect the true physical sector size of newer advanced format drives, please allow us to override the detected size (_device_set_sector_size in libparted/arch/linux.c), e.g. with a command line switch and/or a command. Thanks, -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_NZ, LC_CTYPE=en_NZ.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages parted depends on: ii libblkid1 2.19.1-5 ii libc6 2.13-20 ii libdevmapper1.02.1 2:1.02.65-1 ii libncurses5 5.9-1 ii libparted0debian1 2.3-8 ii libreadline66.2-4 ii libuuid12.19.1-5 parted recommends no packages. Versions of packages parted suggests: pn parted-doc none -- no debconf information -- .''`. martin f. krafft madduck@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current)
