From nobody Fri Aug 13 03:07:26 2021 X-Original-To: freebsd-fs@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D67871754C3E for ; Fri, 13 Aug 2021 03:07:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joe@via.net) Received: from smtp2.via.net (smtp2.via.net [157.22.3.6]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "via.net", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4Gm7lk3SpHz4gP2 for ; Fri, 13 Aug 2021 03:07:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joe@via.net) Received: from mail.via.net (mail.via.net [157.22.3.34]) by smtp2.via.net (8.15.2/8.14.1-VIANET) with ESMTPS id 17D37bKf017020 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Thu, 12 Aug 2021 20:07:37 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.102.2 at smtp2.via.net Received: from smtpclient.apple ([209.81.2.65]) by mail.via.net (8.15.2/8.14.1-VIANET) with ESMTP id 17D37a4q007296 for ; Thu, 12 Aug 2021 20:07:36 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.102.2 at mail.via.net From: joe mcguckin Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_8D317A9E-C5A0-40E3-BB4A-5085EE4D4019" List-Id: Filesystems List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-fs List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 14.0 \(3654.120.0.1.13\)) Subject: Oddball sector sized? Message-Id: <7EB28EE3-257D-4EAB-B581-929BEB3B7AF9@via.net> Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2021 20:07:26 -0700 To: freebsd-fs X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3654.120.0.1.13) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (smtp2.via.net [157.22.3.6]); Thu, 12 Aug 2021 20:07:37 -0700 (PDT) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4Gm7lk3SpHz4gP2 X-Spamd-Bar: + Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of joe@via.net designates 157.22.3.6 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=joe@via.net X-Spamd-Result: default: False [1.10 / 15.00]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; FREEFALL_USER(0.00)[joe]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-fs@freebsd.org]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[via.net]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(1.00)[1.000]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-0.998]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+MX]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; ASN(0.00)[asn:7091, ipnet:157.22.0.0/16, country:US]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[157.22.3.6:from] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: Y --Apple-Mail=_8D317A9E-C5A0-40E3-BB4A-5085EE4D4019 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 A friend bought a SAS disk array (IBM) that is formatted as 514 byte = sectors. He thinks that FreeBSD will cheerfully work with odd sector sizes. I=E2=80=99m skeptical. Any opinions? Thanks, Joe Joe McGuckin ViaNet Communications joe@via.net 650-207-0372 cell 650-213-1302 office 650-969-2124 fax --Apple-Mail=_8D317A9E-C5A0-40E3-BB4A-5085EE4D4019--