Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [Fwd: Hard disk geometry] | Date | Fri, 22 Oct 1999 12:04:19 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> Methinks there should be some interface for getting the geometry > as DOS sees it from the linux kernel with some ugly ioctl, or > something. I know this is a Bad Thing TM, but are there any > other alternatives?
If you are re-partitioning you can read the partition geometry off the existing partition table then sanity check it.
Alan
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