On Wed, 2008-08-20 at 13:21 +0530, Akhil wrote: > I am not sure whether this is a relevant question...please ignore if > it seems nonsense.... > > Is it possible in linux (2.6 or 2.4) to write/read directly onto a > particular disk sector? If yes , how? Hmmm, by creating a bio[1] (linux2.6) to write to that particular sector (bi_sector) (of the given disk/block device (bi_bdev))? That's how the kernel does it. Razvan [1] http://lxr.linux.no/linux+v2.6.26.2/include/linux/bio.h#L74 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
