Re: Why start the first partition at 2 MIB, why not at any multiple of 4096 bytes ...
On Tuesday, September 08, 2020 04:39:05 PM David Christensen wrote:
> Neither the string "2 MiB" nor the string "2 M" appear on page you have
> cited.
That is correct, that's is what I have not found on that page.
> Please provide a URL that advocates "start the first partition at 2 MIB"
Maybe I misinterpreted what David Wright said in an email responding to one of
my questions back in June.
<quote>
Subject: Re: Advice on encrypted filesystem
Date: Friday, June 26, 2020, 09:25:49 AM
From: David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
---< snip >---
If encrypting an entire disk, scramble the disk first, then partition.
If only encrypting a partition, partition the disk first.
*Alignments should be at least 2M (4096 x 512B sectors).*
Scramble any sensitive pre-existing contents:
</quote>
I took that to mean that the first partition should start at 2 MiB.
Reply to: