[ug-bosug] Some info requested

[Sriram Narayanan]

Hi :

Here's a Perl script that I tried, and which reports an incorrect
partition size. I've used code from /usr/foss/lib/site_perl/disk.pm

use lib "/usr/foss/lib/site_perl";
use disk;

	my $diskdrive = "c0d0";

	my @diskDimensions = getDiskDimensions("c0d0");
	print STDOUT @diskDimensions;
	my $bytes_sector = shift(@diskDimensions);
	print STDOUT "\n bytes/sector :   " ;
	print STDOUT $bytes_sector;
	my $sectorstart = getSectorstart($diskdrive);
	print STDOUT "\n sector start :   " ;
	print STDOUT $sectorstart ;

	my $sectorcount = getSectorcount($diskdrive, $sectorstart);
	print STDOUT "\n sector count :   " ;
	print STDOUT $sectorcount ;
	

	my $partitionsize = ($sectorcount - $sectorstart)*($bytes_sector)/(1024*1024);
	print STDOUT "\n partition size :   " ;

	print STDOUT $partitionsize ;


====================

51216065
 bytes/sector :   512
 sector start :   48195
 sector count :   11631060
 partition size :   5655.69580078125

==================
As you see above, the partition size is calculated at some 5655 MB.
However, I've created via fdisk an approx 20 GB partition.

Is there something wrong with these calculations ? Or is the prtvtoc
tool reporting incorrect values ?

My OS is Belenix 0.4.3a

-- Sriram