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Re: 2,5" hdd laptop & Linux

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Subject Re: 2,5" hdd laptop & Linux
Date Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:30:52 +0000 (UTC)
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In article <0b078ac3-bcc3-4033-af05-fd6f53096d88@googlegroups.com>,
Don Juan  <linuzfailed@gmail.com> wrote:
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>Ok, but problem is know what model, (now on sale) has these simple
>features is Linux compatible, .
>I've found, for example that latest wd drives are very problematic
>(issue is head auto parks non standard function) with Linux (and also

	The issue is WD's change to 4096 byte blocks.  Linux is perfectly
OK with this but Windows is not.  WD's fix was to have the drive firmware
lie about the geometry and claim "standard" 512 byte blocks.  That breaks
on ANY OS if the partition ends on a boundary not divisible by 8.  In Linux,
you can easily work around this nonsense by manually creating partitions
and ensuring this.  The drives aren't incompatible.

	So don't use the brand new "advanced format" WD drives, use a
real Enterprise drive and SAS, or use an older and cheaper drive for 
your Linux system.  Or try a Samsung :-)

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2,5" hdd laptop & Linux Don Juan <linuzfailed@gmail.com> - 2013-03-22 09:07 -0700
  Re: 2,5" hdd laptop & Linux wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2013-03-23 15:06 +0000
    Re: 2,5" hdd laptop & Linux Happy Oyster <-*-*.@.*-*-> - 2013-03-23 07:45 +0400
    Re: 2,5" hdd laptop & Linux Don Juan <linuzfailed@gmail.com> - 2013-03-26 02:34 -0700
      Re: 2,5" hdd laptop & Linux wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2013-03-26 15:30 +0000
        Re: 2,5" hdd laptop & Linux Don Juan <linuzfailed@gmail.com> - 2013-03-26 10:08 -0700
          Re: 2,5" hdd laptop & Linux wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2013-03-26 18:28 +0000
            Re: 2,5" hdd laptop & Linux Don Juan <linuzfailed@gmail.com> - 2013-03-26 13:46 -0700

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