>>>>> "Alan" == Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> We have a custom storage controller. It has configurable
>> sector_size. When configured to 1K, fdisk goes through ok. Buf
>> mkfs gives errors shown below.
>>
>> Does Linux kernel support non 512 sector_size. Does tools
>> mkfs/fsck and filesystems run properly on such storage devices?
Alan> They do. You need to tell them to use that block size
Alan> sometimes. Eg fdisk needs to be told to use 1K block scaling
The older kernels would work with SCSI 256 byte hardware sectors,
whereas 2.3.x didn't last I tried. Then again, the number of disks
left in the world with this 'feature' is probably so limited these
days that it's not even worth bothering.
Jes
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