From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from cuda.sgi.com (cuda1.sgi.com [192.48.157.11]) by oss.sgi.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/SuSE Linux 0.8) with ESMTP id o6N66X4S185494 for ; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:06:33 -0500 Received: from mailsrv14.zmi.at (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cuda.sgi.com (Spam Firewall) with ESMTP id 6A072C18E81 for ; Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:16:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailsrv14.zmi.at (mailsrv1.zmi.at [212.69.164.54]) by cuda.sgi.com with ESMTP id P1l6cJnLjArNj3ia for ; Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:16:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailsrv.i.zmi.at (h081217106033.dyn.cm.kabsi.at [81.217.106.33]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mailsrv2.i.zmi.at", Issuer "power4u.zmi.at" (not verified)) by mailsrv14.zmi.at (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3783470B for ; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:09:29 +0200 (CEST) Received: from saturn.localnet (saturn.i.zmi.at [10.72.27.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mailsrv.i.zmi.at (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7DE1383C803 for ; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:08:38 +0200 (CEST) From: Michael Monnerie Subject: Re: 4k sector drives Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:09:27 +0200 References: <201007211333.48363.eye.of.the.8eholder@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201007211333.48363.eye.of.the.8eholder@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <201007230809.28111@zmi.at> List-Id: XFS Filesystem from SGI List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0541825803154161955==" Sender: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com Errors-To: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com To: xfs@oss.sgi.com --===============0541825803154161955== Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1840397.kTGzNSS1lg"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --nextPart1840397.kTGzNSS1lg Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mittwoch, 21. Juli 2010 Khelben Blackstaff wrote: > Nevertheless, you don't have to get them to report 4k to linux. As > long as you align the partitions its fine. As i said in the other > post, newer fdisk doesn't use "DOS compatibility mode" and uses > sectors by default (instead of stupid CHS) with a 1MB alignment, so > every partition will be properly aligned. If you don't dual boot > Windows, you can also use GPT partitioning scheme. Also, from what i > have seen, xfsprogs are quite clever and find most stuff on their > own. I usually mkfs with "-s size=3D4096" just to be sure. I always do -b size=3D4096 anyway, so I'm fine here. And I created the=20 partitions starting sector 512, so that should be good also. > Slightly offtopic, there is another "problem" with these drives. They > park the heads every 8 seconds, so they might wear prematurely. You > can change the 8sec timer or disable it with the wdidle3 utility > from this url > http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=3D609&sid=3D113&a > mp;lang=3Den >=20 > If you want to know more about the problem, there are many forums > where you can read about wdidle3 and i also posted about it on my > blog. > http://lordkhelben.wordpress.com/2010/05/15/wd-caviar-green-hard-dis > ks-idle-settings/ =20 Thanks, I did this, and it even worked for my other WDC=20 WD2002FYPS-01U1B0, which was on 12 seconds (the EARS were on 8s as you=20 said), and now all three drives have a 120s delay before parking. That=20 should be sufficient. It didn't work for the VelociRaptor in my PC, just=20 to mention. =2D-=20 mit freundlichen Gr=FCssen, Michael Monnerie, Ing. BSc it-management Internet Services http://proteger.at [gesprochen: Prot-e-schee] Tel: 0660 / 415 65 31 ****** Aktuelles Radiointerview! ****** http://www.it-podcast.at/aktuelle-sendung.html // Wir haben im Moment zwei H=E4user zu verkaufen: // http://zmi.at/langegg/ // http://zmi.at/haus2009/ --nextPart1840397.kTGzNSS1lg Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAkxJMhgACgkQzhSR9xwSCbRZfQCfbaP3XU6dugT9imC1UZ5Nv0bj Kn4AoKsBl0xIcLgG/NPiH4RA82sF+MOL =lum4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1840397.kTGzNSS1lg-- --===============0541825803154161955== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@oss.sgi.com http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs --===============0541825803154161955==--