SCSI_PARTSIZE

Section: SCSI mid layer (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME

scsi_partsize - Parse cylinders/heads/sectors from PC partition table  

SYNOPSIS

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
 

DESCRIPTION

determine the BIOS mapping/geometry used to create the partition table, storing the results in *cyls, *hds, and *secs  

RETURNS

-1 on failure, 0 on success.  

AUTHORS

James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com>

Author.

Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>

Author.
 

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