From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13A99C433EF for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2022 08:40:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S230431AbiC0Imb (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Mar 2022 04:42:31 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:60056 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S230229AbiC0Im3 (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Mar 2022 04:42:29 -0400 Received: from mail-ej1-x62f.google.com (mail-ej1-x62f.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::62f]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ACA572528F for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2022 01:40:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-ej1-x62f.google.com with SMTP id yy13so22996959ejb.2 for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2022 01:40:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=azkHNQx4Fv8/7St7nw5pFIJ2T4r/Wb6L0/DmIGnlte8=; b=TZKtmv7o0Xqe4mGJeYy6TI4q3fWWHODPKUoRS58+dfTimji5xqr+DuLYLpVduyAhP7 NCJLnivySIc0KGHXEn96ndeLcC1xedV5q+v06VIL484l7yu10BynLiS2jajelHFoCnWQ sd/po4YIMsh/dVhKc7J/HGGDQYNSxfbJMq2SENbrUAtotbugE7DSEtLjFw4yO+yMW/vy FTqZgMv/2y3FoaRIIqScNTF7Qtd7YnzfGLHQSCSAwfGo80zPJFIRhBbOS50Jddl0tEei n6F1JujjOVG7nd+SUjhIqy4EHAGzMLyL2Vk+0Ky7wWmeDk2iynH5QB3k7NuXz2rCzfuc tVVw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=azkHNQx4Fv8/7St7nw5pFIJ2T4r/Wb6L0/DmIGnlte8=; b=qIKqCPQ/uf35xOS+mSL8JDstBMBswSF55Dz2vn5VevTLfpvO73IF78FDQid51XUgS0 1deiJQfPiFrSgsmsGuSOb+V/6+4fXPlgF8CtsLJrPyHBDymn2Z5q/fYPHDxrVB1BftJZ 8kcGjJ4B8CqLZbjfhFp5XItaXxROUm1VyZaX7cB5Bb0HEX6rvV0a+d6bNLFa2XzlJoA9 gS+k52oA2Zy8pytS9ap8MFdSzG63fGMSYIJsMvUYuFgqZDPJkvqExnugMjkCIJIa78Ni Jkic80OKuzQcqKcTQGicIeV78nUMutbNnKP0iowdGZYW7LInftdj/9F4lOkmrFT9l7fr w79Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533Xyv4GR9jNiqFfwMxPw96SvAXC2jnenPj/2CtFx9HZoh4R6uZ3 vxKXUnbKMr3ZHvtn4bdNarvd4LszriI6u7M69MyDjS5W X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwSndqKBZd5c4XyiQZxu6VMcTUBroBvLSm1pTZgsSKkGBl2CSkPXshDQv2YNkWXMDSgMHtz2GN6b8Cae8Uh7bU= X-Received: by 2002:a17:906:58cb:b0:6df:f696:9b32 with SMTP id e11-20020a17090658cb00b006dff6969b32mr21376114ejs.384.1648370449199; Sun, 27 Mar 2022 01:40:49 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20220318030855.GV3131742@merlins.org> In-Reply-To: <20220318030855.GV3131742@merlins.org> From: d tbsky Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2022 16:40:38 +0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: new drive is 4 sectors shorter, can it be used for swraid5 array? To: Marc MERLIN Cc: list Linux RAID Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org Marc MERLIN > New drive is 4 sectors shorter, so I assume I can't use it as a replacement in my md5 > array because it's 4 sectors too short, or does swraid5 not need the last few sectors > of a drive? 4 sectors shorter are common for external hard drives (sold from seagate,toshiba,etc). if you attach the drive to internal sata port or normal usb enclosure(not sold from disk vendors),you will get back normal disk size. so maybe you want to check what connect to your disk.