[parted-devel] 4K LBA workarounds for GPT

[Phillip Susi]

On 10/16/2018 5:49 PM, Brian C. Lane wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 11:06:19PM +0200, Bård Tesaker wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> I struggel with GPT on disks with 4K logical blocks. The header and parition
>> descriptors is scattered due to LBA adressing. This render the GPT
>> inaccessible/useless if the disk is connected to a controller that does not
>> support 4K, and on disk images.
>>
>> Is it possible create a workaround for this by specifying input and output
>> LBA size and/or by autodetection (like looking for GPT at LBA 8)?
> 
> I don't think there's anything we can do about this use case.

I'm not even sure I understand the use case.  Are you saying you have a
4kn disk, but your disk controller is broken and claims it's 512n?  If
so you've got a lot bigger problem then parted recognizing the partition
table.


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