block="`echo $device | sed -e 's|^/dev/||'`"
optimal_size="`cat /sys/block/$block/queue/optimal_io_size`"
+ # Use a default of 1 MiB for the optimal size
# See https://access.redhat.com/articles/3911611
+ # https://blog.hqcodeshop.fi/archives/273-GNU-Parted-Solving-the-dreaded-The-resulting-partition-is-not-properly-aligned-for-best-performance.html
+ # http://opensource.hqcodeshop.com/Parted%20calculator/parted_mkpart_calc.sh
if [ "$optimal_size" == "0" ]; then
- optimal_size="1024"
+ optimal_size="$megabyte"
fi
alignment_offset="`cat /sys/block/$block/alignment_offset`"