Re: GEOM is too verbose

From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk_at_phk.freebsd.dk>
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 17:19:04 +0200
In message <410BB699.3060803_at_portaone.com>, Maxim Sobolev writes:
>Hi Poul,
>
>I use application that detects size of disk using binary search. On 
>current each attempt to read beyond disk boundary causes message on 
>console, which is annoying. Can you please turn them off, since 
>apparently they serve no meaningful purpose.

Why don't you just use ioctl(DIOC_MEDIASIZE) ?

or the diskinfo(8) program ?


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Received on Sat Jul 31 2004 - 13:19:08 UTC

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