On Fri, Apr 08, 2016 at 08:36:50AM +0200, Pavel Kosina wrote: > Hi, > > several times I tried install Debian stable/testing. I have MB Asrock UEFI > D1800B-ITX and HDD WD20EFRX. Debian installer /part where partitioning and > formatting happens/ never formats to correct sectors 4k. It always formats > to 512b: > ---------------------- > linuxbox:~# fdisk -l > Disk /dev/sda: 1.8 TiB, 2000398934016 bytes, 3907029168 sectors > Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes > Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes > Disklabel type: dos > Disk identifier: 0xa10b2c0d > > Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type > /dev/sda1 * 2048 3903531007 3903528960 1.8T 83 Linux > /dev/sda2 3903533054 3907028991 3495938 1.7G 5 Extended > /dev/sda5 3903533056 3907028991 3495936 1.7G 82 Linux swap / > Solaris > > Partition 2 does not start on physical sector boundary. > ----------------------------- > > > why is that? Is that bug or I miss something? > Due to this there is also error: "Partition 2 does not start on physical > sector boundary."
Sorry I don't have the answer, but: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Advanced_Format shows the HDD WD20EFRX to be logical 512 and physical 4096 and http://excess.org/article/2010/11/wd-hdd-lying-about-4k-sectors/ It seems the first partition is aligned correctly. Hopefully the answer isn't "you have to calculate the sector alignment yourself and physically enter those values." -- The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. -- Malcolm X
