How would I tell the block size that the drive is reporting?

On Jul 10, 2015 12:35 AM, Richard Elling <[email protected]> 
wrote:
>
>
> > On Jul 9, 2015, at 7:29 PM, "Simon via smartos-discuss" 
> > <[email protected]> wrote: 
> > 
> > Hi, 
> > 
> > I know that SmartOS does not officially support 4k drives (ashift=12). 
>
> untrue. If the disk advertises its physical block size properly, and today 
> many do, then you're good. If you have drives that lie, then there are 
> several ways to make the pools with 4k. So first determine if you need to 
> jump through hoops before jumping. 
>
> -- richard 
>
> > 
> > I found a modified zpool binary on github by user calmh that creates pools 
> > with an ashift=12. 
> > 
> > How do I go about putting that modified binary on the SmartOS USB image so 
> > I can create the zones pool before installing SmartOS? 
> > 
> > Thanks 
> > 
> > SD 
> > 
> 
> 


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