On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 12:22:23PM -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> > What I want to know what program I must use to know what the correct root
> > is.
<snip>> 
> counting starts with zero as the first digit.
> 
> 0 = a (and 0 = 1)
> 
> root (hd3,2) = hdd3
> /dev/hdf3    = (hd6,2)

Well, with me it is hd3,2. What I am looking for is not so much a way to
calculate it yourself, but a way to determine it automaticaly, something
like:

# foo /dir/bar
hd3,2

or
# foo /dev/hdf3
hd3,2

Or something similar.

houghi
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