Advanced Format Drive ?
Ronald F. Guilmette
rfg at tristatelogic.com
Thu Nov 15 22:51:50 UTC 2012
In message <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211151456450.66706 at wonkity.com>,
Warren Block <wblock at wonkity.com> wrote:
>> It wouldn't hurt to add the above info to your tutorial page.
>
>The problem with that sort of detail is that too much of it obscures the
>point, which in this case is just trying to show the right way to set up
>disks without overwhelming the reader.
<personal opinion>
Some things are inherently overwhelming, and there is no use to try to
hide the fact. It just makes matters worse.
</personal opinion>
>> P.S. I really do think that it is a serious omission that the gpart(8)
>> man page doesn't really say anything regarding proper or desirable use
>> of the "add -a" option. If it were up to me, I'd put in just a couple
>> of short notes that would say at least something about 4K being Good and
>> Desirable for modern drives, and 1M being Good and Desirable for SSDs.
>>
>> But maybe that kind of info does really belong in something more like
>> an actual tutorial document... you know... something like, um, your's.
>
>I can see it both ways. A short mention of those values in that section
>of gpart(8) would be helpful. The 1M value is controversial to some
>people.
Yeabut for some people, even evolution is "controversial".
>Of course, some people think that calling bare bsdlabel disks
>"dangerously dedicated" or using an MBR is controversial.
Actually, you can count me among the folks who think that the adjective
"dangerously" may be stretching it a bit, in this context.
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