GNU bug report logs - #18920
Parted always chooses the logical sector size.

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Package: parted;

Reported by: dE <de.techno <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2014 17:02:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Phillip Susi <psusi <at> ubuntu.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 18920 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: dE <de.techno <at> gmail.com>
To: 18920 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18920: Parted always chooses the logical sector size.
Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2014 14:37:09 +0530

On 11/02/14 02:46, Phillip Susi wrote:
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> On 11/01/2014 07:10 AM, dE wrote:
>> Can someone please add an option to set the sector size to custom
>> or/and the physical sector size?
> Why?  Not using the correct sector size doesn't make sense and will
> result in incorrect operation.
>
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Yes, on a 4K disk, choosing 512 bytes sector size is bad. This's what 
parted does as of the current time cause it chooses the logical sector 
size instead of physical.
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