Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerar...@googlemail.com> [10-04-18 16:12]: > On Sonntag 18 April 2010, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > b > > the Winchester Digital WD10EARS S-ATA II 300MB/s GreenPower WD Caviar Green > > 1TByte Harddiscs offers something which WD calls "Advanced Format" > > which turns out to be sectors of 4096 bytes size instead of 512 bytes. > > > > To use it, one needs a tool made by WD which only runs under windows. > > > > Or? > > > > Is this "new sector size" is something, which I can activate > > be using fdisk/mkfs or something included in the linux kernel > > since stone age and is only new to the guys at Microsoft/Winchester > > Digital? > > > > Can I take any advantage of that? > > > > Thank you very much for any help and advice in advance! > > Have a nice sunday! > > mcc > > search the mailing list archive. >
any hint for a keyword other than "advanced" and "format" ??? -- Please don't send me any Word- or Powerpoint-Attachments unless it's absolutely neccessary. - Send simply Text. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html In a world without fences and walls nobody needs gates and windows.
