From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NhA7u-0007Os-DR for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:13:14 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 41594E0B09; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:12:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B88D1E0B09 for ; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:12:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 15 Feb 2010 23:12:20 -0000 Received: from vpn18.rz.tu-ilmenau.de (EHLO vpn18.rz.tu-ilmenau.de) [141.24.172.18] by mail.gmx.net (mp068) with SMTP; 16 Feb 2010 00:12:20 +0100 X-Authenticated: #4040096 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/3DwQbw1H3Z/TCKuLe+B4gme5vl6r9GsugbLxCVj 5Of6IE1ZgPlg19 From: Frank Steinmetzger Organization: Steinstark To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] 1-Terabyte drives - 4K sector sizes? -> bar performance so far Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:03:19 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 References: <5bdc1c8b1002070827i14f59047k39a695900ebe9889@mail.gmail.com> <201002150148.05937.Warp_7@gmx.de> <20100215011740.GA27687@math.princeton.edu> In-Reply-To: <20100215011740.GA27687@math.princeton.edu> X-Face: "1ZKx.!K_X3{$#BEQ:$_EGrL\2JP!)fOn%ETC?5g`N^|c]Ot>BKUWgrhDd%O@=?utf-8?q?JCk=7EV84W+=0A=09dAj?=@~'4,w-yl(x#~nQzsu#UjM[Im(@4G[Cy:QFl&,=?utf-8?q?MOH=24ol=3Dx=5Ff+9bBFEHMuQSd=5Fr-Dh=23z=0A=09v?=(\{?u|uqypD_!V*WDYS!m}]td@4'WhbN$ Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart21111936.tPtKaeHjXb"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201002151903.23114.Warp_7@gmx.de> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.60999999999999999 X-Archives-Salt: 95551a9a-2d50-4bf4-8ec3-046e4c8af638 X-Archives-Hash: e267f6495893fb40660f5599b4d3d92f --nextPart21111936.tPtKaeHjXb Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Am Montag, 15. Februar 2010 schrieb Willie Wong: > On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 01:48:01AM +0100, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > > Sorry if I reheat a topic that some already consider closed. I used the > > weekend to experiment on that stuff and need to report my results. > > Because they startle me a little. > > [...] > Instead of guessing using this rather imprecise metric, why not just > look up the serial number of your drive and see what the physical > sector size is? Well, at differences of 50%, precision is of no relevance anymore. Also, I already did look it up and it didn=E2=80=99t turn up any conclusive= results.=20 Just search hits from fdisk output of people who are partitioning the drive= =2E=20 So the only thing I can think of yet is to call Samsung=E2=80=99s expensive= hotline.=20 Hm... oh well, perhaps I could write an e-mail, because I=E2=80=99m too nig= gard and=20 phonophobe to make a call. ^^ > If you don't want to open your box, you can usually=20 > get the information from dmesg. I put the drive in myself after I bought it at http://www.alternate.de/html/product/Festplatten_2,5_Zoll_SATA/Samsung/HM50= 0JI_500_GB/342736/?showTecData=3Dtrue But they don=E2=80=99t show much information either. :-/ I don=E2=80=99t suppose it=E2=80=99s written on the disk=E2=80=99s label? I= don=E2=80=99t wanna loosen those=20 screws too often, because the windings tend to wear out quickly. =2D-=20 Gru=C3=9F | Greetings | Qapla' I guess irony can be pretty ironic sometimes. --nextPart21111936.tPtKaeHjXb Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAkt5jGsACgkQGafpl66MV0zQlgCfVvejYTUW9AQzhymwetQBOCw2 xsEAn0BY1yjHJdeEXt5970yExmAtj4uS =hQRm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart21111936.tPtKaeHjXb--