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.