From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 15 22:51:50 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F93BDC5 for ; Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:51:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rfg@tristatelogic.com) Received: from outgoing.tristatelogic.com (segfault.tristatelogic.com [69.62.255.118]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77D8D8FC08 for ; Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:51:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from segfault-nmh-helo.tristatelogic.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by segfault.tristatelogic.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8D3C5081D for ; Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:51:49 -0800 (PST) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Advanced Format Drive ? In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:51:49 -0800 Message-ID: <26202.1353019909@tristatelogic.com> From: "Ronald F. Guilmette" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:51:50 -0000 In message , Warren Block wrote: >> It wouldn't hurt to add the above info to your tutorial page. > >The problem with that sort of detail is that too much of it obscures the >point, which in this case is just trying to show the right way to set up >disks without overwhelming the reader. Some things are inherently overwhelming, and there is no use to try to hide the fact. It just makes matters worse. >> P.S. I really do think that it is a serious omission that the gpart(8) >> man page doesn't really say anything regarding proper or desirable use >> of the "add -a" option. If it were up to me, I'd put in just a couple >> of short notes that would say at least something about 4K being Good and >> Desirable for modern drives, and 1M being Good and Desirable for SSDs. >> >> But maybe that kind of info does really belong in something more like >> an actual tutorial document... you know... something like, um, your's. > >I can see it both ways. A short mention of those values in that section >of gpart(8) would be helpful. The 1M value is controversial to some >people. Yeabut for some people, even evolution is "controversial". >Of course, some people think that calling bare bsdlabel disks >"dangerously dedicated" or using an MBR is controversial. Actually, you can count me among the folks who think that the adjective "dangerously" may be stretching it a bit, in this context.