Mark Knecht wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 10:59 AM Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com > <mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > On Wednesday, 19 April 2023 09:00:33 BST Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > > > > >> With my HDD: > > >> > > >> # smartctl -x /dev/sda | grep -i 'sector size' > > >> Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical > > > Or, with an NVMe drive: > > > > > > # smartctl -x /dev/nvme1n1 | grep -A2 'Supported LBA Sizes' > > > Supported LBA Sizes (NSID 0x1) > > > Id Fmt Data Metadt Rel_Perf > > > 0 + 512 0 0 > > > > > > :) > > > > > > > When I run that command, sdd is my SDD drive, ironic I know. Anyway, it > > doesn't show block sizes. It returns nothing. > > > > root@fireball / # smartctl -x /dev/sdd | grep -A2 'Supported LBA Sizes' > > root@fireball / # > > Note that all of these technologies, HDD, SDD, M.2, report different > things > and don't always report them the same way. This is an SDD in my > Plex backup server: > > mark@science:~$ sudo smartctl -x /dev/sdb > [sudo] password for mark: > smartctl 7.2 2020-12-30 r5155 [x86_64-linux-5.15.0-69-generic] (local > build) > Copyright (C) 2002-20, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, > www.smartmontools.org <http://www.smartmontools.org> > > === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === > Model Family: Crucial/Micron Client SSDs > Device Model: CT250MX500SSD1 > Serial Number: 1905E1E79C72 > LU WWN Device Id: 5 00a075 1e1e79c72 > Firmware Version: M3CR023 > User Capacity: 250,059,350,016 bytes [250 GB] > Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical > > In my case the physical block is 4096 bytes but > addressable in 512 byte blocks. It appears that > yours is 512 byte physical blocks. > > [QUOTE] > === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === > Model Family: Samsung based SSDs > Device Model: Samsung SSD 870 EVO 500GB > Serial Number: S6PWNXXXXXXXXXXX > LU WWN Device Id: 5 002538 XXXXXXXXXX > Firmware Version: SVT01B6Q > User Capacity: 500,107,862,016 bytes [500 GB] > Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physica > [QUOTE]
So for future reference, let it format with the default? I'm also curious if when it creates the file system it will notice this and adjust automatically. It might. Maybe? Dale :-) :-) P. S. Dang squirrels got in my greenhouse and dug up my seedlings. Squirrel hunting is next on my agenda. :-@
