Re: block ioctl to read/write last sector

[Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl]

    From michael_e_brown@dell.com Wed Feb 14 00:37:25 2001

    > Look at the addpart utility in the util-linux package.
    > It will allow you to add a partition disjoint from
    > previously existing partitions.
    > And since a partition can start on an odd sector,
    > this should allow you to also read the last sector.
    >
    > Do I overlook something?

    Yes. The addpart utility just uses the block-layer ioctls to dynamically
    add and/or remove partitions. What this is doing is just adjusting the
    kernel's idea of what the current partition scheme is. This has _nothing_
    to do with actually reading or writing data from the disk.

But it changes the idea of odd and even.
A partition can start on an odd sector.

Andries