... by the new Western Digital SATA disks with 4k blocksize. As they
don't report this fact properly, fdisk happily partitions them starting
at a 31.5kB boundary, resulting in unbelievably bad performance.

The solution is here, well, well away from an automated Ubuntu
install...

http://community.wdc.com/t5/Desktop/Problem-with-WD-Advanced-Format-drive-in-LINUX-WD15EARS/m-p/7573#M369


Thanks WD. I like the concept of your green hardware range, but I don't
really think I'll be supporting you any more. I need what little sanity
I have left kept intact!


Cheers,

Steve

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