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C++ Code to Access Linux Hard Disk Sectors (with a LoopBack Virtual Hard Disk)
Post 302491623 by shen747 on Friday 28th of January 2011 05:49:44 AM
01-28-2011
Hi Corona688,
Thanks a lot for pointing that out. I've been doing some reading & now I feel going for the FAT-12(classical floppy disk) format file system would be the best idea as it was the 1st form of FAT introduced to the world & I guess therefore it would be much simpler & easier to implement. I read that in FAT-12 the Floppy Disk Drive's blocks are stored in a linked list style data structure & that there will be a root block containing the logical address of the next contiguous block of a file & that contiguous block containing the logical address of the next block on the floppy disk drive & so on. I guess I could try to implement this using a simple linked list data structure using c together with the FAT
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I'll be going through the pointers you've given me so far & getting started on this. Thank you so much for helping me get this far.
---------- Post updated 01-28-11 at 05:49 AM ---------- Previous update was 01-27-11 at 11:20 PM ----------
Hi All,
I found this explaining how to write a file to a FAT-12 file system. But I'm still finding trouble finding a basic code to get me started on this. Can anyone of you help me out here please ?.
Thanks a lot for pointing that out. I've been doing some reading & now I feel going for the FAT-12(classical floppy disk) format file system would be the best idea as it was the 1st form of FAT introduced to the world & I guess therefore it would be much simpler & easier to implement. I read that in FAT-12 the Floppy Disk Drive's blocks are stored in a linked list style data structure & that there will be a root block containing the logical address of the next contiguous block of a file & that contiguous block containing the logical address of the next block on the floppy disk drive & so on. I guess I could try to implement this using a simple linked list data structure using c together with the FAT
.I'll be going through the pointers you've given me so far & getting started on this. Thank you so much for helping me get this far
.---------- Post updated 01-28-11 at 05:49 AM ---------- Previous update was 01-27-11 at 11:20 PM ----------
Hi All,
I found this explaining how to write a file to a FAT-12 file system. But I'm still finding trouble finding a basic code to get me started on this. Can anyone of you help me out here please ?.
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mbadblocks(1) General Commands Manual mbadblocks(1) Name mbadblocks - tests a floppy disk, and marks the bad blocks in the FAT Note of warning This manpage has been automatically generated from mtools's texinfo documentation, and may not be entirely accurate or complete. See the end of this man page for details. Description The mbadblocks command is used to scan an MS-DOS floppy and mark its unused bad blocks as bad. It uses the following syntax: mbadblocks drive: Mbadblocks scans an MS-DOS floppy for bad blocks. All unused bad blocks are marked as such in the FAT. This is intended to be used right after mformat. It is not intended to salvage bad disks. Bugs Mbadblocks should (but doesn't yet :-( ) also try to salvage bad blocks which are in use by reading them repeatedly, and then mark them bad. See Also Mtools' texinfo doc Viewing the texi doc This manpage has been automatically generated from mtools's texinfo documentation. However, this process is only approximative, and some items, such as crossreferences, footnotes and indices are lost in this translation process. Indeed, these items have no appropriate repre- sentation in the manpage format. Moreover, not all information has been translated into the manpage version. Thus I strongly advise you to use the original texinfo doc. See the end of this manpage for instructions how to view the texinfo doc. * To generate a printable copy from the texinfo doc, run the following commands: ./configure; make dvi; dvips mtools.dvi * To generate a html copy, run: ./configure; make html A premade html can be found at `http://www.gnu.org/software/mtools/manual/mtools.html' * To generate an info copy (browsable using emacs' info mode), run: ./configure; make info The texinfo doc looks most pretty when printed or as html. Indeed, in the info version certain examples are difficult to read due to the quoting conventions used in info. mtools-4.0.13 28Feb10 mbadblocks(1)