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- Path: sparky!uunet!lkba!lkb
- From: uunet!lkba!lkb (Larry Blische)
- Subject: Re: Device Block Size
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.171113.4604@lkba.uucp>
- Sender: lkb@lkba.uucp (Larry Blische)
- Reply-To: uunet!lkba!lkb
- Organization: LKB Associates, Inc.
- References: <1992Dec29.153819.23066@seas.smu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 17:11:13 GMT
- Lines: 44
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- In article <1992Dec29.153819.23066@seas.smu.edu> dleon@seas.smu.edu (David
- Leon) writes:
- > In article <IfDmIJD0Bwx5I1_r4u@transarc.com> Jim_Laredo@transarc.com
- writes:
- > >I installed the 1.23GB HD, and found that it came with a device block
- > >size of 512Bytes. The original Seagate was formated with a 1024Bytes
- > >block size.
- > >
- > >Do you have any idea what the performance impact is? Should I try to
- > >reformat the disk to get a block size of 1024Bytes?
- > >
- > >
- > >How hard is to reformat the HD to set the block size to 1024, can I do it
- > >or is it a manufacturer's job?
- > >
- > >
- > >thanks in advance,
- > >Jim.
- >
- > Do it! When I refeormatted my drive from 512 to 1024 byte sectors, I
- gained
- > about 15% extra space and about 2x faster speed up (using the speedometer
- > program). You will need the scsitools available on sonata (sense and one
- > other). Be careful, as I irreparably damaged one drive by using the GUI
- > version of the program without first saving the sense file.
- >
- > David L. Leon
- > dleon@seas.smu.edu
- >
-
- OK, does anyone have the files needed by scsitools for the Toshiba MK-538FB
- 1.2Gb 3.5 inch hard drive?
-
- Or can someone explain how to modify the sense file that I can dump from my
- own drive?
-
- Or can someone lead me to the recommended reading material?
-
- Thanks
- --
- Larry Blische uunet!lkba!lkb
- LKB Associates, Inc.
- 3118 Dunglow Road
- Dundalk, Maryland 21222-5304 USA
-