Re: [gentoo-user] Winchester Digital HD: Advanced Format

[meino.cramer@gmx.de]

Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com> [10-04-18 16:12]:
> On Sonntag 18 April 2010, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > b
> > the Winchester Digital WD10EARS S-ATA II 300MB/s GreenPower WD Caviar Green
> > 1TByte Harddiscs offers something which WD calls "Advanced Format"
> > which turns out to be sectors of 4096 bytes size instead of 512 bytes.
> > 
> > To use it, one needs a tool made by WD which only runs under windows.
> > 
> > Or?
> > 
> > Is this "new sector size" is something, which I can activate
> > be using fdisk/mkfs or something included in the linux kernel
> > since stone age and is only new to the guys at Microsoft/Winchester
> > Digital?
> > 
> > Can I take any advantage of that?
> > 
> > Thank you very much for any help and advice in advance!
> > Have a nice sunday!
> > mcc
> 
> search the mailing list archive.
> 

any hint for a keyword other than "advanced" and "format" ???



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