From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 20 06:37:42 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B70916A417 for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 06:37:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gs_stoller@juno.com) Received: from outbound-mail.dca.untd.com (outbound-mail.dca.untd.com [64.136.47.15]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0E0C713C458 for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 06:37:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gs_stoller@juno.com) Received: from webmail08.dca.untd.com (webmail08.dca.untd.com [10.171.12.148]) by smtpout01.dca.untd.com with SMTP id AABD3F5BQAJM38KA for (sender ); Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:37:34 -0800 (PST) X-UNTD-OriginStamp: /s5f1SIGSI3+WdnoYQ8yRMKZz72OrIqgNgUOv1py7suuk0uV8R2Q/w== Received: (from gs_stoller@juno.com) by webmail08.dca.untd.com (jqueuemail) id M9VMN8AE; Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:36:51 PST Received: from [71.190.134.167] by webmail08.dca.untd.com with HTTP: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 06:36:36 GMT X-Originating-IP: [71.190.134.167] Mime-Version: 1.0 From: "gs_stoller@juno.com" Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 06:36:36 GMT To: aryeh.friedman@gmail.com X-Mailer: Webmail Version 4.0 Message-Id: <20080120.013636.5220.0@webmail08.dca.untd.com> X-UOL-TAGLINE: true X-ContentStamp: 1:1:3690232844 X-MAIL-INFO: 33359465b41df4b4d1f41df489dd2949e100f9e0f9e5c9b131c9b0f1f1243139513565a474c994b49d40311da1a1bd05601d94b58d70b441d4c4ed41c4302925c47d5d5df9605db5c114e18580018440d4b5a951d0fd14807565c92dd024fd9465942184e98164ad351000e4 X-UNTD-Peer-Info: 10.171.12.148|webmail08.dca.untd.com|webmail08.dca.untd.com|gs_stoller@juno.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: sector editor X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 06:37:42 -0000 In an email to mahdieh Saeed (Message-ID: <4789BD17.2020604@gmail.com> just in case this helps) you mentioned a "raw sector editor" .I would like to get a raw sector editor= (both source and compiled forms, as I don't have a reliable compiler) together= with instructions for its use, hopefully one callable from a shell script. I= would als like information about sector structures, e.g. plaiin sectore and direc= tory sectore. Also, someplace (on the disk there is a pointer to the head (or base, de= pending on how you look at it) of the file system. Where is this? How do slice= s and (UNIX) partitions fit in? (I do know some of this information, but I wo= uld like to get a complete description.) _____________________________________________________________ Click to recieve credit card help and get out of debt fast. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2121/fc/Ioyw6i3m2DUmouazn9s7hnfRmeRP= oXywl2B8BjdZkde2EthZwS9FT4/