bug#18920: Parted always chooses the logical sector size.

On 11/02/14 02:46, Phillip Susi wrote:
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> On 11/01/2014 07:10 AM, dE wrote:
>> Can someone please add an option to set the sector size to custom
>> or/and the physical sector size?
> Why?  Not using the correct sector size doesn't make sense and will
> result in incorrect operation.
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Yes, on a 4K disk, choosing 512 bytes sector size is bad. This's what 
parted does as of the current time cause it chooses the logical sector 
size instead of physical.