Re: [coLinux-users] How to access a logical partition

[Harald W. <hwe...@gm...>]

Hallo Henry,

Thank you for your quick response.

Henry Nestler <Hen...@Ar...>:

>> colinux:~# cat /dev/cobd2
>> cat: /dev/cobd2: No such device

>cat on a partition is not good idea. Perhaps you can access this by
>reading block size only with "dd if=/dev/cobd2 bs=512 count=1" ?

The cat command was only used to show that the error message.
The dd command gives the same error:
dd: opening `/dev/cobd2': No such device

>If not, run the coLinux debugger to see more about problems an the
>windows detailed error message. Run the debugger:
>  colinux-debug-daemon.exe -d -p -s prints=31,misc=31 -f debug.xml
>Than try to read one block.
>Stop the debugger. Open the file debug.xml with IE or notepad. Typicaly
>at the end you should see the error from block device read and the
>Windows internal error code.

The according messages are:

- <log module="colinux-driver" file="src/colinux/os/winnt/kernel/block.c"
  timestamp="00000016.3900969652" local_index="668" facility="0"
  function="co_os_file_block_get_size" line="212" level="10"
  driver_index="802">
  <string>device \Device\Harddisk0\Partition4</string> 
  </log>
- <log module="colinux-driver" file="src/colinux/os/winnt/kernel/block.c"
  timestamp="00000016.3900971984" local_index="669" facility="0"
  function="co_os_file_block_detect_size_harddisk" line="154" level="10"
  driver_index="803">
  <string>fail status C000000E</string> 
  </log>
- <log module="colinux-driver" file="src/colinux/os/winnt/kernel/block.c"
  timestamp="00000016.3900972192" local_index="670" facility="0"
  function="co_os_file_block_detect_size_binary_search" line="99" level="3"
  driver_index="804">
  <string>size is zero</string> 
  </log>


Regards,
Harald