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Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 06:56:02 +0100
From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com>
Subject: Re: Advanced Format Drive ?
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On Mon, 12 Nov 2012 21:47:40 -0800, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
> Is there _anything_ that I will have to do differently than I did for the
> last 20 drives I've used with FreeBSD over the last 10+ years?

As far as I know, the "old ways" still work as intended.
I've been initalizing 1 TB and 1.5 TB disks the "old way",
using sysinstall (to create a slice, then to create the
partitions) and newfs (to format the 2nd data disk). So
far, the disks are working for some years without trouble.
Those are "normal" disks, not SSDs, purchased few years
ago.

The term "advanced format" is usually used for 4k-sectorized
disks (in difference to "traditional" 512k sectors).

You can find more here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Format

The implication for FreeBSD is (and has been for some time)
to align partitions "at a 4k border". If you create partition
sizes as multiples of 4k, it should be fine.



-- 
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...