From: The Wanderer <wande...@fastmail.fm>
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2022 12:29:54 -0400
> The filesystem that's on the device when it's shipped from the factory
> is almost certainly already configured in this way. My understanding is
> that that is usually what is meant by saying that the "factory format"
> of a flash storage device is optimal.
>From all I've read, that's the accepted truth, although not stated so
clearly on a Web site of Kingston, SanDisk & etc.
> If you know what the block sizes are and know how to specify things
> properly when creating a filesystem, however, it should be entirely
> possible to create a different filesystem on the device which is also
> properly sized and aligned in that same optimal way.
Gparted shows First sector: 8192, Last sector: 15704063,
Total sectors: 15695872.
8 x 10^9 bytes / 1.6 x 10^7 sectors
~= 8/16 x 10^3 bytes/sector
~= 512 bytes/sector.
A familiar old number.
Gparted also shows 4.00 MiB unallocated bytes at the front of the
device.
If gparted simply does "Partition > Format to > ext2", is there any
chance it will change alignment or block size?
Otherwise, how should the new file system set up without damaging
those crucial parameters?
Thanks! ... P.
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