On Thursday 27 September 2007 16:33, Carlos E. R. wrote:
Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Thursday 27 September 2007 16:03, Greg Freemyer wrote:
Wait a second...
Per hdparm -I /dev/sda, my drive only has 312518818 sectors, so why is Linux even trying to read sector 312518818?
Linux accepts the size you specify when you format a file system. When doing so, it is unlikely to need to read that sector, only include it's index in a free block. Only when the demand for free blocks causes that block to be allocated will the drive be asked to read or write it.
We don't normally specify a size: we tell mkfs to do its job and it does it, automatically.
Eh? You tell it the drive's bounds when you partion it. The lie, if you will, might be recorded in the partition table, but it's a lie nonetheless.
-- Carlos E. R.
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