Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 23:02:26 +0100 (CET) From: Nick Hibma <n_hibma@van-laarhoven.org> To: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> Cc: "current@FreeBSD.ORG" <current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: umass CF geometry problems, was Re: fdisk -BI ob clean disk broken Message-ID: <20021104230126.V214-100000@heather.van-laarhoven.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0211041303430.7556-100000@root.org>
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That wasn't quite what I meant. I was referring to SCSI commands that are sent to the device that return info that would be usable as the number of heads and cylinders. But I guess faking them like the ah[abc] drivers do will work, as this is what many systems are already running with. Nick > See XPT_CALC_GEOMETRY in /sys/dev/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c > > On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Nick Hibma wrote: > > Let's work on the 'proper' solution first. > > > > What SCSI commands are suitable for getting the geometry, generically > > on a device? > > > > Nick > > > > > fdisk likely should do something sane in the face of such insanity, > > > but it is unclear what and fdisk is a royal pita to work on anyway :-( > > > > > > Warner > > > > > -- n_hibma@van-laarhoven.org http://www.van-laarhoven.org/ n_hibma@FreeBSD.org http://www.etla.net/~n_hibma/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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