[Mageia-discuss] Partitioning tools

[Jeff Robins]

It really should be starting on sector 2048 (1MiByte boundary).  This
ensures that the partitions will be optimal for 4KiByte sector drives and
future drives that have sectors sizes all of the way up to 1MiByte.
I believe this is the default for Parted and I know it is the default for
gParted.  The menu option is "optimal" in Parted.

Starting on sector 63 causes the alignment of the file-system to be off with
the alignment of 4KiByte block size disks, which can cause performance
issues if the systems has a lot of files smaller than 4KiByte.  If a small
file is changed (modified, deleted, copied), then it will require 2 sectors
to be modified instead of just one.

Good source of info:
"
http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5655/~/how-to-install-a-wd-advanced-format-drive-on-a-non-windows-operating-system
"

--Jeff

On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 11:04 AM, isadora <isis2000 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Doug Lytle <support at ...> writes:
>
> >
> > I've purchased a Hitachi 3TB drive that uses 4k sectors.
> >
> > When trying to partition using the Mageia diskdrake, it wants to start
> > off on sector 63, instead of 64.  I don't see an easy way to do this.
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Doug
> >
>
>
> And why not starting at 63? Count is starting at 0!!!
> Exactly the same at my machines.
>
>
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