On 07/04/2014 06:02 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
If the old predates 4k sectors internally while the new is as most from the past 3 years with 4k internally, you probably should not to create a new clone, but instead configure the new normally, format the filesystems, and use then rsync or copy from old to new. Performance could noticeably suffer if you do a true clone from a 512 byte to a 4k sector HD.
Hmm..., I knew there was going to be a fly in this ointment somewhere. The old is indeed 512: lsblk -o NAME,PHY-SeC NAME PHY-SEC sda 512 ├─sda1 512 ├─sda2 512 ├─sda3 512 ├─sda5 512 ├─sda6 512 └─sda7 512 sr0 512 So the disk internal sector size will prevent cloning of any old drive for use on a new drive?? Damn, I've got more reading to do. Surely some of the tools take this into account. Bummer -- I really, really didn't want to spend 3 days tweaking a new install. Thank you for catching this. Who knows how much fun I would have gotten myself into otherwise. (Moral -- it is always wise to look before you leap... Wish I would have remembered the wisdom before updating to ios7...) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org