> People seem to be confusing sector size and cluster size. > > Microsoft Windows assumes sectors are 8k or less on hard drives (99% are > 512 bytes).
Do you have any doc ref for this? I beleive you but I've been searching for docs on that and found nothing. > > Cluster size is the allocation unit. On windows, this can be 512 to > 256k (max 64k with 512 byte sectors). > NTFS (which I think we need) is limited to 64k, last I looked. Correct. > On RAID devices, the allocation unit might actually be larger, but > usually the *sector* size of these devices is still 8k or less (usually, > they mimic the 512 byte sector size, because too much software assumes > this) Usually being the thing that might require an extra check. > And that restriction is only for certain drivers and devices. Many > don't enforce the restriction. > But to be safe, sector alignment is best, because there are some drivers > that care. exactly. so we need that check to be sure, don't we? /Magnus ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly