| To: | Dave Olson <olson@anchor.engr.sgi.com> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: EFS volume descriptors |
| From: | Mike Shaver <shaver@netscape.com> |
| Date: | Sun, 03 Jan 1999 17:29:36 -0500 |
| Cc: | linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com |
| Organization: | Just Another Snake Cult |
| References: | <199901032222.OAA25109@anchor.engr.sgi.com> |
| Sender: | owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com |
Dave Olson wrote:
> Look at block 0 on the disk ("absolute" block 0), and use the magic
> number to see if it's an sgi volume. If it is, for each partition
> other than 8 and 10, check to see if block 1 is an EFS superblock.
> That's the only possible way. For almost all (but not all!) efs
> CD's, there will only be partition 7,8,10, so you can just check
> partition 7, if you want to be lazy.
Excellent! Thanks.
Mike
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