Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.readnews.com!panix!not-for-mail From: wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops Subject: Re: 2,5" hdd laptop & Linux Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:30:52 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Public Access Networks Corp. Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: <4d535e2f-4491-4c82-aea1-c379ab6845c9@googlegroups.com> <0b078ac3-bcc3-4033-af05-fd6f53096d88@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: panix2.panix.com X-Trace: reader2.panix.com 1364311852 22562 166.84.1.2 (26 Mar 2013 15:30:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:30:52 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.laptops:1892 In article <0b078ac3-bcc3-4033-af05-fd6f53096d88@googlegroups.com>, Don Juan wrote: > >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 :-)