Re: reading 1 hardsector size, not one block size

[Andries Brouwer]

On Sat, Sep 30, 2000 at 11:16:47AM +0200, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:

> Really, there is no problem with Linux accessing some extra areas hidden
> by the BIOS (via the new IDE commands) or the firmware on Linux side.

I see that the topic changed.
First it was the difficulty to get at a partial block
at the end of a partition.
Now it is the difficulty to get at a block past the end
of the reported disk capacity.

The former is an administrative internal kernel business.
The latter may require vendor commands.
For example, my setmax utility does precisely this.

Andries
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