From: Manfred S. <man...@gm...> - 2011-02-04 23:02:59
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>> >> >> Peter, thanks a lot! >> >> as this drive seems to be a 4k sector device, we would be interested >> how this drive reports its features. >> >> Could you provide >> smartctl -r ioctl,2 -i ... >> from this device? >> >> Or alternatively (or additionally) report the output of "smartctl -i" with >> smartmontools revision 3236 or newer (2011-01-07). >> >> >> Thanks, >> Manfred >> > > Manfred, thanks for your reply. > > Please find attached the requested traces. > > <<smartctl-ioctl.txt>> is the output of 'sudo smartctl -d sat -r ioctl,2 -i /dev/sdb' with smartctl 5.40 rev3077 (shipped with Ubuntu 10.10),<<smartctl-ioctl-rev3253.txt>> is the output of 'sudo smartctl -d sat -i /dev/sdb' with smartctl 5.41 rev3256 (current SVN). > That was really fast, thanks! It is good news, Toshiba got it right, it seems (early WD and Samsung did not): > Sector Sizes: 4096 bytes physical, 512 bytes logical So the sector sizes are reported correctly. Thanks! Manfred > Best regards, > Peter |