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diff --git a/es/doPartitionDisks.html b/es/doPartitionDisks.html index 3cf1e9d..53b871e 100644 --- a/es/doPartitionDisks.html +++ b/es/doPartitionDisks.html @@ -163,6 +163,40 @@ </li> </ul> </div> + + <div class="warning" title="Warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"> + <table border="0" summary="Warning"> + <tr> + <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Warning]" src="warning.png"></td> + <th align="left"></th> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" valign="top"> + + <p>Some newer drives are now using 4096 byte logical sectors, instead + of the previous standard of 512 byte logical sectors. Due to lack of + available hardware, the partitioning tool used in the installer has not + been tested with such a drive. Also some ssd drives now use an erase block + size over 1 MB. We suggest to pre-partition the drive, using an + alternative partitioning tool like gparted, if you own such a device, and + to use the following settings: + </p> + + + <p>"Align to" "MiB" </p> + + + <p>"Free space preceding (MiB)" "2" </p> + + + <p>Also make sure all partitions are created with an even number of + megabytes. + </p> + + </td> + </tr> + </table> + </div> </div> </body> |