scsi_partsize9
Parse cylinders/heads/sectors from pc partition table
Usage
int scsi_partsize(unsigned char * buf, unsigned long capacity, unsigned int * cyls, unsigned int * hds, unsigned int * secs);
Arguments
buf
partition table, see scsi_bios_ptable
capacity
size of the disk in sectors
cyls
put cylinders here
hds
put heads here
secs
put sectors here
Overview
determine the BIOS mapping/geometry used to create the partition table, storing the results in *cyls, *hds, and *secs
Return
-1 on failure, 0 on success.
Releases
5 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 4 times.