GNU bug report logs - #38474
4M, 12M or 24M partition alignment

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: "Brian C. Lane" <bcl <at> redhat.com>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#38474: closed (4M, 12M or 24M partition alignment)
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2020 22:51:02 +0000

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From: Marcel Partap <mpartap <at> gmx.net>
To: bug-parted <at> gnu.org
Subject: 4M, 12M or 24M partition alignment
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2019 23:10:30 +0100

Dear parted devs,
is there a way to make partition boundaries align to erasure block size presumably used on common USB flash memory chips?
Could it make much of a difference?

Best Regards,
#marcel

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From: "Brian C. Lane" <bcl <at> redhat.com>
To: Marcel Partap <mpartap <at> gmx.net>
Cc: 38474-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#38474: 4M, 12M or 24M partition alignment
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2020 14:50:11 -0800

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 presumably 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.

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