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Linux fdisk reports for a WD 1TByte HDD a sector size of 512/4096 (logical/physical) bytes when connected to SATA in the PC. When connected via SATA/USB bridge to the PC, a 4096/4096 size is reported. Linux handles both when running, but the BIOS doesn't even list the HD. Formating with fdisk, parted is fine, but e.g. the Linux Mint installer doesn't recognize the partitions correctly. Thus, I neither can install Linux on the disk nor will it show up in the choice list of disks in the BIOS boot menu. The HDD only can be used as external storage (Linux, Windows etc.)
Here the bridge seems to be the culprit. Any idea wether bridges are or will be available which allow to connect HDs with 512/4096 correctly (without mapping them to 4096/4096)? WD's logical sector size trick seemingly doesn't work with the bridge which I am using presently.
I still need disks formated with "old" MBR from which legacy PCs can boot. But also even my new Acer Revo MiniPC has trouble. Do I have to build up a stock of 512/512 HDDs?
Here the bridge seems to be the culprit. Any idea wether bridges are or will be available which allow to connect HDs with 512/4096 correctly (without mapping them to 4096/4096)? WD's logical sector size trick seemingly doesn't work with the bridge which I am using presently.
I still need disks formated with "old" MBR from which legacy PCs can boot. But also even my new Acer Revo MiniPC has trouble. Do I have to build up a stock of 512/512 HDDs?
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