-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 11/4/2014 9:56 AM, dE wrote: > Yes, the kernel reports both -- the logical and the physical. > Parted knows about it, it shows both the logical and physical > sector size, but then also it uses the logical sector size. It > should not. There must be an option at least, and I suggest it > should be made the default otherwise the partitions may start > unaligned.
Incorrect: the logical sector size is what the drive uses to address sectors, and therefore, how all software, including partitioning tools addresses the drive. The physical sector size is only provided as a hint about the internal structure of the disk because it can have performance implications. Partitioning tools use this information to pick the optimal alignment. If you run parted -a min, it will take care to align partitions to a 4k boundary, aka a multiple of 8 logical sectors. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJUWnrZAAoJEI5FoCIzSKrwIyoH/izigrpVziWEeCfvPy6Wp9P1 FJ9HF4Lp4m1/szSVYYi7TvoUolmOUqMdt14HC179GNI7hFw0ktBTx5E4M+2WDtCO 6ThtLbqugfNQbZETb7nISOEKwMqf+k1s35fvHNB1ZggwOdNHBvS6JsDRvjDD6+gB WkkACB3ZD94WfRlMmx6ML4WGyY8NxK4c2zXQvFXIb8bd9bsUYKjNe7NE4hSX0Cez g5hbfjqKyrcNxPiq0J7qHY01JHTgeFJ8eGr+x0WMNXeVADrCKc/TWK+BuH4F2/sR TBSvYRDZP0DNxIXE6542Ee+d7Ed7SKf1INI041SxkYh64cKLd0/g+sh4+IRBPVY= =4nVE -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
