On 11/12/2018 09:45 AM, Rich Shepard wrote:
On Mon, 12 Nov 2018, Galen Seitz wrote:
The 32 bit limit that was mentioned in an Ubuntu forum relates to some
USB<->SATA converters. Apparently some controllers have internal sector
registers that are only 32 bits.
Number of 512 byte sectors in 3 TB drive
3e12 / 512 = 5.9e9 sectors
Assuming 32 bit wrapping (modulo 2^32)
5.9e9 - 2^32 = 1.6e9 sectors
Drive size after wrapping
1.6e9 * 512 = 801 GB
Galen,
So the sector size should be increased?
No, you can't change the sector size. If you have the disk directly
connected to your system using SATA, I can't explain why you are having
this problem.
If you can, connect the disk via SATA and post the output of this command:
sudo parted /dev/my_disk print
galen
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