On Thu, 5 Oct 2006, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
> > Sure, it WOULD be nice, but I don't know how. The "don't know" refers to the
> > case 16MB block size, my tape supports only 16MB - 1 byte (according to st
> > report). Is there a way to test various block sizes with CDs / hard-disks /
> > ZIP / scanners? Would something with sg_dd work? Looks like it must be only
> > sector size. Can I low-level format a disk with 16M sector?:-)
> >
> > Another possibility is to limit the block size at 8MB - I can test that.
>
> I would say, increase it to whatever the max is you can test...
Ok, tested with 8MB, an updated patch submitted.
Thanks for the suggestion
Guennadi
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