From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 23 09:51:53 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CFCF16A4CE for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 09:51:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from trmx001.dot.ca.gov (svhqsacsmtp01.dot.ca.gov [64.174.7.134]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 131BC43D31 for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 09:51:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Lee_Shackelford@dot.ca.gov) To: questions@FreeBSD.org X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 5.0.8 June 18, 2001 Message-ID: From: Lee_Shackelford@dot.ca.gov Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 09:51:46 -0800 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on SACSMTP01/SVR/Caltrans/CAGov(Release 5.0.8 |June 18, 2001) at 01/23/2004 09:51:52 AM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: recommendation for disk sector editor X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 17:51:53 -0000 Good morning, FreeBSD enthusiasts, Would you wish to recommend a disk sector editor program? I am looking for something that provides functionality similar to Microsoft DskProbe, but not requiring a graphics user interface, and most importantly, does not require any operating system support beyond that which can be loaded from a floppy diskette. It would be used on a computer with contemporary Intel architecture. I am interested in accessing things such as the boot record, partition table, FAT, directories, i-nodes, and other similar parts of the hard drive. The type of display that a tool such as PCTools, or XTGold has would be great; however each of these accesses files, not sectors, and neither work with contemporary gigabyte drives. Surprisingly, I was unable to identify any such program at the GNU site. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Yours truly, Lee Shackelford L e e underscore S h a c k e l f o r d dot d o t dot c a dot g o v