Does this mkfs work around work to preserve the performance of the drive? By using the -b 4096 (to signify the 4k sectors) when creating partitions such as:
mkfs -t ext4 -b 4096 /dev/sda1 Is there any implication for mounting a partition formatted with the above command (e.g: mounting in other systems)? Is there anything in fdisk that one should do to signify 4K sectors for partitions as well? I understand that added layers to the partitions such as drive encryption and/or LVM volumes must also be setup to use 4K sectors too so that performance is not lost. Thanks. -M From: vi...@sheridanc.on.ca To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Debian support on newer 4K Advanced format drives (rather than 512 bytes) Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 17:31:22 -0400 Hello List, I was just wondering what some of the debian community users has been experiencing in regards to the new Western Digital 4K Advanced format drives? Has any one tried using one of these drives on the 2.6.26 (64/32 bit) kernel shipped with Lenny stable? How about with the 2.6.32 (64/32 bit) kernel shipped with squeeze testing? Is the support more dependant on the kernel or does debian already support these drives? Thanks in advance. Specifications for the WD Caviar Green (Advanced Format) SATA internal hard drives http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=5324&p_created=1263858658&p_sid=xbnV-uVj&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_srch=1&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MTk2LDE5NiZwX3Byb2RzPTIyNywyOTQmcF9jYXRzPSZwX3B2PTIuMjk0JnBfY3Y9JnBfcGFnZT0x&p_li=&p_topview=1 -M _________________________________________________________________ Turn down-time into play-time with Messenger games http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9734385
