Hi,

> > As long as the disk knows how big it is, I don't even think you really
> > need the "end", especially for a read-only FFS partition..
> 
> depends on filesystem. E.g., you can't find the root block of an ADOS
> filesystem without knowing the size, because it is in the middle...

Hmm, maybe the filesystem type and the location of the superblock
would be ok?

Ciao,
Wolfgang
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