linux-kernel - Re: ATA 4 KiB sector issues.

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Date:	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:10:43 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@...il.com>
CC:	tytso@....edu, Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@...e.de>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...e.de>,
	Damian Lukowski <damian@....rwth-aachen.de>,
	"linux-ide@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>,
	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Daniel Taylor <Daniel.Taylor@....com>,
	Mark Lord <kernel@...savvy.com>, hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, irtiger@...il.com,
	aschnell@...e.de, jdelvare@...e.de
Subject: Re: ATA 4 KiB sector issues.

I think if you use the DOS compat option to create the legacy partitions only, you should be fine.

"Tejun Heo" <tj@...nel.org> wrote:

>Hello,
>
>On 03/12/2010 01:34 AM, Greg Freemyer wrote:
>> I do think the linux partitioners should provide a way to force a
>> cylinder alignment.  Tejun, I would like to see your doc describe how
>> to force a win2k compatible partition layout.
>
>I suppose I can play with fdisk and list it as an example but if
>anyone knows better/proper way to force certain partitions to legacy
>alignment while leaving others properly aligned, I'll be happy to
>include it.
>
>Thanks.
>
>-- 
>tejun

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