OP was asking how to switch between 512 byte sectors and 4096 byte sectors. A low level format is how to do that. It’s triggered by the sg_format tool on Linux, or by a tool provided by the drive manufacturer.

Low level formating is how the data tracks are layed out on the disk platters, it’s what the drive firmware sees. hdparm and sg_format instruct the disk to rearrange those tracks. High-level formatting is what the OS sees when you run mkfs. It creates a new file system or replaces an existing one.

Use sg_format to run a low level format on the disk. 512E vs 4kN isn’t going to change much in a homelab environment. If you create a filesystem with 4k clusters, Linux will send 4k wrudte blocks to the disk. The firmware on the disk will write that out into 8 logical disk sectors, usually in a single 4k physical sector. I use my storage mainly for media and there’s no performance difference between my 512E disks and my 4nN disks. I simply don’t have an intense and sensitive enough environment to show the performance gain. I’d say leave the low level formating alone and just write a filesystem on top of it with 4k blocks.

The Plex loading spinner.

How do I reliably tell an unlockable bootloader from just a carrier unlocked device that may still have a carrier firmware that prevents bootloader unlocking?

Ovaltine? A crummy commercial? Son of a bitch!

The volume doesn’t change. It’s still the same amount of CO2 in the same volume. There’s just more of the other gasses in that same volume.

Well, it’s roughly the size of a two-year old child, if the child were liquefied. It’s a real bargain!

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One might argue it would be more difficult to do if you’re not a little paranoid.

But lookin’ good with that big beefy arm stickin’ outta the back of his beck there.

That implies that a plan even existed.

Two to 3 year old off lease business laptops can hit that price point and are often available with graphics cards. Might be an option also.

Brain implants are progressing, so I’m still hopeful to see full-dive VR in my lifetime. Also scared of how it will be enshtitfied.

Greylog is a syslog aggregator that might do what you’re looking for.

I’d only have two nickels, but…

The exception here would be ESP32 devices. These have been some of the most reliable devices in my home and the most versatile, no Internet access required. Zigbee works well, but runs in the same frequency space as wifi and Bluetooth. Matter and thread are the new hotness and run in that space too. They all work well together, but something to consider. Z Wave is in a separate frequency space, but is a less open protocol. I have at least a few of all of these and they all play nice. Consider your priorities and choose what’s best for your application.

Oh there’s no plans to make them Americans. They’ll be made an unincorporated territory with no voting rights where the constitution doesn’t fully apply. Not that it applies much anymore anyway.

We shall say AI to you again if you do not appease us.

Dude, nostalgia rush. Thank you.