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Re: Parted 1.5.5-pre4


From: Andrew Clausen
Subject: Re: Parted 1.5.5-pre4
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 16:30:38 +1100
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On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 07:01:16PM -0600, address@hidden wrote:
> > Also, I see no sector_size field in the GPT header... are we meant to
> > rely on the hardware for this?!
> 
> Yes, hardware defines what its sector_size is.  CD-ROMs use 2048 bytes, most
> disks use 512 bytes.  This *does* mean you can't simply dd from a disk with
> one sector_size to one with a different size.  Oh well.
> 
> This isn't critical BTW, just an observation that parted always uses 512,
> and GPT could be more flexible.

The problem is, it all depends on what the drivers report the
sector size as.  What happens if the BIOS/Windows/Linux don't agree?

Recipe for disaster IMHO.  We've already been through this pain with
CHS crap.

Intel should add a sector_size field to the header, if they are
serious about this sector_size idea (which seems a bit crazy to
mean anyway, but...)

Andrew




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