What does "camcontrol identity" say? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adrian Chadd" <adrian_at_freebsd.org> To: "freebsd-current" <freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org> Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2013 2:45 AM Subject: Overriding sector size on disks? > Hi! > > I have an odd problem. That, honestly, can't be that odd. > > I have a bunch of SATA disks that when plugged into the laptop > directly, show up as 512 byte sectors. But if I plug it in via this > iomega USB caddy, they show up as 4k sector devices. > > Because of this, partitions just plainly don't work. > > Has anyone faced this? Is there some trick to do to get these things > to go back to being 512 byte sector devices so one can use them? > > Similarly, because they show up as 512 byte sector devices on > macosx/linux, they can read/write NTFS/MSDOS partitions on the thing. > But if I plug it into freebsd, it shows up as a 4k sector device and > things plainly don't work. > > Thanks! > > > > -adrian > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe_at_freebsd.org" > ================================================ This e.mail is private and confidential between Multiplay (UK) Ltd. and the person or entity to whom it is addressed. In the event of misdirection, the recipient is prohibited from using, copying, printing or otherwise disseminating it or any information contained in it. In the event of misdirection, illegible or incomplete transmission please telephone +44 845 868 1337 or return the E.mail to postmaster_at_multiplay.co.uk.Received on Sat Nov 02 2013 - 03:11:03 UTC
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