Re: partition table information



On 2008-03-13, neeraj nama <neerajnama@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
hi

I am working with linux kernel 2.6.12, i want to read partition table
information for 250 G.B.
harddisk.

I am using 48-bit LBA addressing and i am able to read primary
partition information but not able to read extended(information for
logical partition) partition information, i found starting sector no
of extended partition, when i read from that starting sector i found
all zeros 16 bytes information,please tell me how do i read,thanks.

with regards
neeraj

You have multi-posted this to other groups.

This is not wise.

It would be much better to cross-post.

That way people won't have to waste their time posting redundant
information and can alert you if someone is posting bad advice.

Tom

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