On Friday 18 March 2011 20:51:47 Justin Piszcz wrote:
Disk /dev/sda: 8220 MB, 8220835840 bytes 154 heads, 56 sectors/track, 1861 cylinders, total 16056320 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x99df019d
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System/dev/sda1 2048 16056319 8027136 83 Linux
Ok, so it has the normal 1 MB alignment. That is not too bad then, no immediate reason to reformat, because ext2 doesn't understand the concept of erase blocks.
If the partition was completely misaligned (old fdisk would start the first partition at sector 63 instead of 2048), that would be a much more significant problem.
Also, what is the output of 'lsusb' for this stick? I'd like to add the data to https://wiki.linaro.org/WorkingGroups/KernelConsolidation/Projects/FlashCard...
Sure, Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0325:ac02 OCZ Technology Inc ATV Turbo / Rally2 Dual Channel USB 2.0 Flash Drive
Added now, thanks!
Do you also have the product name for this?
10007937 OCZ OCZUSBR2TDC-8GB 8GB Rally2 Turbo USB 2.0 Flash Drive Retail Was $116.99 on 01-05-2009.
Was purported (at the time) to be one of the fastest USB sticks available, according to benchmarks.
Ok, thanks for the detailed information.
Arnd