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On 10 July 2015 at 14:28, Simon via smartos-discuss < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
