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mission:log:2011:01:24:4k-partition-alignment-primer [2013/06/05 14:34] – external edit 127.0.0.1mission:log:2011:01:24:4k-partition-alignment-primer [2013/06/30 12:49] – [Partition Alignment] chrono
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 The key to misalignment lies in the partition table which consumes either 512 byte (LBA 0) in case of a legacy msdos type mbr or LBA0-33 for the Primary GUID Partition Table (GPT).  The key to misalignment lies in the partition table which consumes either 512 byte (LBA 0) in case of a legacy msdos type mbr or LBA0-33 for the Primary GUID Partition Table (GPT). 
  
-<note important>**Misalignment will occur by default if the first partition is placed immediately after the partition table, as the next block is LBA 1 for msdos type MBRs and LBA 34 for GPT**.</note>+<WRAP round important>**Misalignment will occur by default if the first partition is placed immediately after the partition table, as the next block is LBA 1 for msdos type MBRs and LBA 34 for GPT**.</WRAP>
  
 In order to align the 4k logical block with the physical 4k on the platter the sectors following the partition table have to be left empty until a sector is reached that is divisible by 8 (sector 8 for msdos and sector 40 for GPT). In order to align the 4k logical block with the physical 4k on the platter the sectors following the partition table have to be left empty until a sector is reached that is divisible by 8 (sector 8 for msdos and sector 40 for GPT).
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