01-18-2019
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javanoob
And i shouldn't be overly concern about how the sectors add up ?
As long as there are no overlapping areas, that doesn't matter.
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e.g. part0 last sector and part8 first sector has a gap of 8 sectors ...
part0 1st sector 0 to last sector 12502430343 > total disk sectors available
part0 sector40 to last sector 12502430343 < total disk sectors available (missing 14 sectors) etc..
If your SSD is a $500k house, these gaps sum up to less than two tenth of a cent...
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mkexfatfs
MKEXFATFS(8) System Manager's Manual MKEXFATFS(8)
NAME
mkexfatfs - create an exFAT file system
SYNOPSIS
mkexfatfs [ -i volume-id ] [ -n volume-name ] [ -p partition-first-sector ] [ -s sectors-per-cluster ] [ -v ] device
DESCRIPTION
mkexfatfs creates an exFAT file system on a block device. device is a special file corresponding to the device.
OPTIONS
Command line options available:
-i volume-id
A 32-bit hexadecimal number. By default a value based on current time is set.
-n volume-name
Volume name (label), up to 15 characters. By default no label is set.
-p partition-first-sector
First sector of the partition starting from the beginning of the whole disk. exFAT super block has a field for this value but in
fact it's optional and does not affect anything. Default is 0.
-s sectors-per-cluster
Number of physical sectors per cluster (cluster is an allocation unit in exFAT). Must be a power of 2, i.e. 1, 2, 4, 8, etc. Cluster
size can not exceed 32 MB. Default cluster sizes are: 4 KB if volume size is less than 256 MB, 32 KB if volume size is from 256 MB
to 32 GB, 128 KB if volume size is 32 GB or larger.
-v Print version and copyright.
EXIT CODES
Zero is returned on successful creation. Any other code means an error.
AUTHOR
Andrew Nayenko
SEE ALSO
mkfs(8)
January 2011 MKEXFATFS(8)