Usb-creator should support 2048-byte sectors

Bug #576312 reported by NeilGreenwood
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usb-creator (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: usb-creator

Hard disks are now moving to 2048-byte sectors - it seems likely that USB keys will do the same.

At the moment, usb-creator does not support anything other than 512-byte sectors.

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NeilGreenwood (neil-greenwood) wrote :

$ uname -a
Linux xx0903000376 2.6.32-21-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 16 08:10:02 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux

$ usb-creator-gtk --version
0.2.22

$ sudo lsusb -v -d 1976:6025 > lsusb.txt

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komputes (komputes) wrote :

2k and 4k sector drives are available on the market. Have you tested one? Did it failed with a particular error.

More research on this change:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923332
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/wd-4k-sector,2554.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Format

Changed in usb-creator (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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