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How to clone or copy a disk with 520 block size?

 
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许圣科
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How to clone or copy a disk with 520 block size?

How to clone or copy a disk with 520 block size?

 

 

P.S. This thread has been moved from General to Disk array. - Hp Forum moderator

HP server workstation and storge user.
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Dennis Handly
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Re: How to clone or copy a disk with 520 block size?

What kind of disk do you have?  What OS are you using?

roommell
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Re: How to clone or copy a disk with 520 block size?

HP VA7400  fc disk.    I can  dd   cp  or tar when this disk in DS2405 with 512 blok size.

Now  I want to know   how to clone a disk if the disk is 520 block size.

 

 

许圣科
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Re: How to clone or copy a disk with 520 block size?

Yes  ,the problem same to roommell. 

HP server workstation and storge user.
Torsten.
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Re: How to clone or copy a disk with 520 block size?

The has ONLY a blocksize of 520k when used in this array - the plain disk CANNOT be used by the OS, unless you format it back to 512k using command view sdm!

Hope this helps!
Regards
Torsten.

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