Device Block Size

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From: Jim_Laredo
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 06:02

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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.

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