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Best Regards, #marcel From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon Jan 06 17:50:23 2020 Received: (at 38474-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Jan 2020 22:50:23 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46948 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iobCY-0004Jx-Ol for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 06 Jan 2020 17:50:22 -0500 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-1.mimecast.com ([205.139.110.120]:23220 helo=us-smtp-1.mimecast.com) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iobCV-0004Jo-Lm for 38474-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 06 Jan 2020 17:50:21 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1578351019; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=x908fvVZPfHuWlI2i7yYKMzN3WNdQlN4FUVpJMlQw7k=; b=dMPbFf5GTwYIEg6+Vnx20PTYxmvsP50lHw6PzPh6qFn4NsvGEUz07KNutzv7r6EQhDBWi1 ZVgViIcFH5tCaBWRvPP/HPzQCyqhUP1EV6emw8nVnHOT+INkQSNVTur0fDsN0M72JXbhIf afzZnHYVWrdR1IjCsAgSc75uNsIX+8A= Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-62-IeluR54MOxG6nr1JTitwXg-1; Mon, 06 Jan 2020 17:50:16 -0500 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx03.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.13]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C4FD1801E77; Mon, 6 Jan 2020 22:50:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lister.brianlane.com (ovpn-112-37.phx2.redhat.com [10.3.112.37]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 35CF37C82C; Mon, 6 Jan 2020 22:50:14 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2020 14:50:11 -0800 From: "Brian C. Lane" To: Marcel Partap Subject: Re: bug#38474: 4M, 12M or 24M partition alignment Message-ID: <20200106225011.GB29542@lister.brianlane.com> References: <91ea3bcc-8797-d4ad-2c31-e020f922e4b8@gmx.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <91ea3bcc-8797-d4ad-2c31-e020f922e4b8@gmx.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.12.2 (2019-09-21) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.13 X-MC-Unique: IeluR54MOxG6nr1JTitwXg-1 X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 38474-done Cc: 38474-done@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) On Mon, Dec 02, 2019 at 11:10:30PM +0100, Marcel Partap wrote: > Dear parted devs, > is there a way to make partition boundaries align to erasure block size p= resumably used on common USB flash memory chips? > Could it make much of a difference? parted only knows about the alignment reported by the device, so if it reports 512b that's what it will use. There's no way to override this and have it calculate a different alignment automatically. But you can use the MiB units to set the sizes yourself so that you can make them start exactly where you want them. --=20 Brian C. Lane (PST8PDT) - weldr.io - lorax - parted - pykickstart From unknown Thu Sep 11 13:39:50 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 12:24:07 +0000 User-Agent: Fakemail v42.6.9 # This is a fake control message. # # The action: # bug archived. thanks # This fakemail brought to you by your local debbugs # administrator