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 1O3VJ4-0001zQ-CP for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 18 Apr 2010 14:17:06 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2FB85E0AB6; Sun, 18 Apr 2010 14:17:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A8AEBE0AB6 for ; Sun, 18 Apr 2010 14:17:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 18 Apr 2010 14:17:01 -0000 Received: from p548523F0.dip0.t-ipconnect.de (EHLO gmx.net) [84.133.35.240] by mail.gmx.net (mp025) with SMTP; 18 Apr 2010 16:17:01 +0200 X-Authenticated: #20088476 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/2BaUpoNn20axgglmNJoZFSH4ceUh55cCkmaT2hW FeiLBkQS13bLfG Received: by gmx.net (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1001 Meino.Cramer@gmx.de; Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:16:56 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:16:55 +0200 From: meino.cramer@gmx.de To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Winchester Digital HD: Advanced Format Message-ID: <20100418141655.GG5923@solfire> References: <20100418111610.GC5923@solfire> <201004181610.36760.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> 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: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201004181610.36760.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel-r804 (Linux) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.56999999999999995 X-Archives-Salt: 2bb77f05-2ffc-44df-bd74-58343251beb1 X-Archives-Hash: 96e5d632de07ae9fbbaf8863f47fcf37 Volker Armin Hemmann [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" ??? -- Please don't send me any Word- or Powerpoint-Attachments unless it's absolutely neccessary. - Send simply Text. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html In a world without fences and walls nobody needs gates and windows.