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Answer 1

A:

That's a start:

sudo /sbin/fdisk  -l /dev/sdb | grep sdb[0-9]

Omry 2010-04-12 09:54:36

:) That gives block sizes.

baltusaj 2010-04-12 10:05:27

What's the interrelation between blocks and sectors?

baltusaj 2010-04-12 10:12:10

man fdisk : -u When listing partition tables, give sizes in sectors instead of cylinders.

Omry 2010-04-12 10:48:33

Answer 2

+2 A:

Look at /sys/block/sda/sda1/start and /sys/block/sda/sda1/size.

Replace sda and sda1 with your device and partition.

Eric Seppanen 2010-04-12 22:24:38

Thanks. That's exactly what i was looking for.

baltusaj 2010-04-13 06:32:30

Start and End sectors of partitions?