Hadware questions (Intel HD 2000 and 4k sectors of HDD's)

[Magellan]

I want to try Mageia 2 64-bit.

I'd like to use Intel HD 2000 integrated graphics but I'm not a Linux expert. Everything works fine just after installation?

Does Mageia support 4-k sectors (Advanced Formatting) of modern HDD's without emulation data to old 512 bit sectors? Of course after easy installation, without hours of configuration.

[filip]

Does Mageia support 4-k sectors (Advanced Formatting) of modern HDD's without emulation data to old 512 bit sectors? Of course after easy installation, without hours of configuration.

It does as this is a thing of a kernel. You just need to create partitions that starts on 4k boundaries and you'll be fine. If you'll use GParted just make sure you use default Align to Mib. It's also possible to create such partitions during install. I don't know if they are created automatically so you'll have to click Togle to expert mode when creating partitions. Make sure that starting sector will be multiply of 8.

[Magellan]

Thanks for reply.

[doktor5000]

diskdrake (and hence the Mageia installer) supports 4k disks and SSDs since quite some time, no need to use gparted or other external tools or expert mode ...

[Magellan]

Great if it's native support (not an emulation 512 bit)

[doktor5000]

FWIW, many of the earlier 4K harddrives do the emulation internally, which cannot be influenced AFAIK.

[Magellan]

Which models don't it internally?

Now I'm choosing HDD for storing files from below:

WD RED 2TB
WD20EZRX
ST2000VM002

[doktor5000]

Well, probably every drive that reports 512byte physical sectors ... But as i said, those were mostly the older drives, when Advanced Format was introduced over two years ago.
FWIW, if you buy a new harddrive, you should try to look for a WD Black, as those get you a 5-year warranty: http://support.wdc.com/warranty/policy. ... nd&lang=en