Re: Calculating optimal disk partitions

[Ulf Zibis]

Hi,

Am 10.05.2013 04:52, schrieb Chris Murphy:
> The simplest rule of thumb is to start a partition at 1MB, and specify all 
> partition sizes in whole MB's. It solves this, and maybe also for SSDs. The 
> open question is some SSDs have 2+MB erase block sizes and it's not clear if 
> there's a benefit, or even a way, to partition on 2MB boundaries. Any recent 
> partition tool starts the first partition on a 1MB boundary.

Isn't it possible to to give more choice in the dialogue?
I also curious about the internal calculation for "what is optimal".

-Ulf