Sector size of 4096 bytes (not 512)

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <a31046fc0808260005m59fabe2fn723b3be68bb6803a at mail.gmail.com>, plukn
et writes:
>2008/8/26 Sten Daniel Soersdal <netslists at gmail.com>:
>>
>> Does anyone know if i might run into any surprises if my hdd has 4096 byte
>> sized sectors and not the regular 512, it is low-level formatted that way.

[...]

>You should not change the sector size, because it is value of the
>physical parameter on disc
>(typically it's 512 for magnetic discs and 4096 for optical discs),
>not whatever logical value.
>You should better check tuning(7)/tunefs(8) man pages if you want to
>tune up your system.

This answer has nothing to do with the question asked, and is wrong in
just about every way it can be.

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