Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 22:14:11 -0800 From: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Advanced Format Drive ? Message-ID: <86166.1352787251@tristatelogic.com> In-Reply-To: <20121113065602.ee2310d7.freebsd@edvax.de>
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In message <20121113065602.ee2310d7.freebsd@edvax.de>, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: >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. Thank you. Which "partitions" need to be aligned to the 4KB boundaries? The FreeBSD ones, the MBR ones, or both?
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