Re: LS120 Capacity - Is 122880 the correct capacity for Tar Backup ?

From: Alex Butcher (alex.butcher.news1005_at_assursys.co.uk)
Date: 11/26/05 

Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 19:15:52 +0000

On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 14:08:03 +0000, Mark Hobley wrote:

> In alt.comp.linux Alex Butcher <alex.butcher.news1005@assursys.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> ...and that is why I recommend just running 'fdisk -l' on the device,
>> instead.
>
> LS120s don't by default have a partition table, so this doesn't work by
> default.

Have you tried it? I'm pretty sure it will, since presumably your LS120
drive appears as a standard block device. See, I can even run it on a
standard MS-DOS formatted floppy (which also doesn't have a partition
table):

# fdisk -l /dev/fd0

Disk /dev/fd0: 1 MB, 1474560 bytes
2 heads, 18 sectors/track, 80 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 36 * 512 = 18432 bytes

[snip errors resulting from the first few blocks not being a valid MBR and
partition table]

> Mark.

Best Regards,
Alex. 

-- 
Alex Butcher      Brainbench MVP for Internet Security: www.brainbench.com
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