On 2013-08-01 21:39, Paul B. Henson wrote:
On 8/1/2013 5:42 AM, Jim Klimov wrote:
What matters is that this container (slice/partition) usually does
not start at HDD sector 0
Yes, you understood my question exactly, thanks for expanding upon it.
fresh twist regarding page size vs. erase-block size (and not yet
asked - a recommendation about recommended ZFS minblocksize for
such devices).
Oh no, I'm almost done tuning my install, not more possible options to
have to explore ;).
such precision via fdisk/format, one can use the command-line
"parted" to manage disk partitions, including MBR-style ones.
Hmm, if I understand you correctly, you are recommending using a
non-illumos tool to create a Solaris MBR partition aligned on an
arbitrary sector rather than a cylinder, which would then allow the
beginning of slice zero in that partition to be in the right place? I
didn't think of that, that seems much simpler than trying to calculate a
cylinder offset of the slice relative to the beginning of the partition
that lines up.
In short - yes.
As can be seen in src.illumos.org, the GNU parted (or some derivate
thereof) is even part of the illumos-gate, so it is not a non-illumos
tool now ;)
Thanks much…
You are welcome, and I hope this does help :)
//Jim
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