How to reformat 520 byte drives to 512 bytes (usually)

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Had an issue like this… here was my solution…

Netapp SSD 520 -> 512 fail. Possible firmware issue? (Solved)

Recently picked up four 200GB Netapp SSDs for cheap. They’re recognized with SG3 utils but getting an “Illegal Request” error no matter what I’ve tried. Controller: LSI SAS 9201-16i OS: Ubuntu 20.04 Side note: OS is able to see drives and smartctl gives info about the drives. Originally following this guide… I have already read through and tr…